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THE ISLE OF MAN; 

OR, 

XEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN MANSHIRE AGAINST 

SIN. 






THE ISLE OF MAN ; 

OR, 

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN MANSHIRE AGAINST 

SIN. 

Wherein, by way of continued allegory, the chief Malefactors 
are detected. 

AND THEIR 

ARRAIGNMENT AND JUDICIAL TRIAL. 

WITH THE 

SPIRITUAL USE THEREOF. «? 



BY THE REV. RICHARD BERNARD, 

Late Rector of Baicombe, Somerset. 



E NftD attrition, 

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR. 



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CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

PAGE 

That which is most hurtful to man is Sin, set 
out under the name of a notorious Male- 
factor . . ; . 1 

That God hath given to such as he is, heavenly 
graces to watch over their ways, and to find 
out their sins, set out by Watchmen. . , 5 

That God hath given us helps in his Holy 
Word to find out, and to know sin to be 
sin, set out under the name of an Hue-and- 
Cry 7 

That some people are so wickedly bent to sin, 
that to hide their own sinful courses, they 
become deadly enemies to most excellent 
Virtues ; set out under the names of Mr. 
Outside, Mr. Worldlywise, and the rest. . 9 

That Sin escapeth often under the name and 
cloak, or habit of Virtue ; set out under the 
shifts which thieves use to make to escape 
the pursuers 12 

That sin hath many to favour it, and who chiefly 

they be ; set out under several names. . 13 
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PAGE 

That yet for all these shifts and these favourites, 
a godly man will in obedience to God's 
Commandment search it out; set forth un- 
der the Constable's Warrant from the Lord 
Chief Justice . 18 

That to search out Sin is required understand- 
ing, set out by an Officer, who hath autho- 
rity to search 18 

That not every understanding, but the under- 
standing illuminated by grace, is that which 
can find out sin ; set out by the Deputy 
Constable, the Tithing- man, the Petty 
Constable, and Chief Constable 19 

That where such understanding is, there is a 
gracious reformation ; set out by the Chief 
Constable's Family 10 

That this understanding, to apprehend sin, need- 
eth other graces to assist it in his spiritual 
search ; set out by the name of the Consta- 
ble's Men-servants, his Neighbour, and his 
Neighbour's Children 23 

That truly and uprightly to proceed in search of 
our sins, we must beforehand remove self- 
love, and self-conceit ; set out by two busy 
Companions 25 

That the place in the soul where principally sin 
is to be searched out is the heart; set out 
by a Common Inn 27 

That the five senses are so many inlets for sin 
into the heart, and what kinds of sins enter 
in at every several sense ; set out by the 
InnDcors 28 






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PAGE 

That sins possess not the heart forthwith from 
the sense, but in a natural order, and by 
degrees ; set out by the Hall, Parlour, 
Chamber, and Dining-room 29 

That the passions of the heart are many, and 
what is their force and effect ; set out under 
Mrs. Heart's Maids 30 

That the will of man is miserably misled, and 
made as a very slave to the deceit of the 
heart, and passions thereof; set out by the 
name of Will, her man 32 

That sius once entertained in the heart, do there 
find matter of nourishment, there to abide 
and rest ; set out by an Hostess entertaining 
plentifully her guests, from a table weH 
furnished, diligent attendance, lodging- 
rooms, and beds. 33 

That ill-ordered affections, and overswaying 
passions, are accompanied with many evils; 
set out by guests lodged in several beds. . 37 

That when the heart doth nourish up sins, there 
the sinners live securely without repentance 
through hardness of heart ; set out by 
lodging in a bed securely, after full diet. . 3o 

That where the understanding is sanctified, there 
the heart is struck with God's fear to shake 
off security; set out by the Constable attack- 
ing a Felon 39 

That upon this fear of God, a well-informed 
judgment will fall to a true and serious 
examination of all a man's ways, whereby 
godly sorrow is wrought to follow sin unto 
the death; set out by a Justice of Peace 



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PAGE 

his office, his examining of a Felon, binding 
some over to prosecute against him, and 
sending him to prison 39 

That a regenerate man, born anew, getteth at 
length mastery over his own heart, and 
bringeth his body into subjection ; set out 
by Master Newman the Gaoler 44 

That the new man is renewed in knowledge, 
holiness, and righteousness, by the heavenly 
power whereof he is kept and preserved 
from all the evils of sin and wickedness 
against either God or his neighbour; set 
out by the three under Gaolers 45 

That a godly man useth all holy means to curb 
sin, and to keep in corruptions of nature, 
that they break not forth to the disgrace of 
religion; set out by the fettering of Pri- 
soners, and carefully looking to the Prison- 
house 46 



PART SECOND. 



That there ought to be a time of trial, and a just 
condemning of sin in ourselves ; set out by 
an Assizes 51 

That God hath set in every man a conscience to 
judge of his own ways without all par- 
tiality; set out by the Judge of Assizes. . 51 



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c ON TEN rs. IX 

F A G I 

That conscience must be well informed of all 

the particulars whereof it is to judge, else 
it will not, nor cannot judge aright; set out 
by the Justices and others, sitting in com- 
mission with a Judge 52 

That the Holy Scriptures are the only rule to 
proceed by against sin ; set out by a Grand 
Jury 56 

That he who would proceed strictly against all 
and every sin, is a man to be qualified with 
many virtues ; set out by a Petty Jury. . 59 

That as vices be, so vicious persons are opposite 
to virtue, and virtuous men ; set out by the 
Prisoners challenging the Jury 62 

That there are a generation of men setting them- 
selves wholly for the world, which are 
neither true lovers of virtue, nor haters of 
vice, but so as either may be useful for 
themselves ; set out under a full Jury of 
indifferent Gentlemen 64 

That there is in every one an inbred corruption, 
foul and evil; set out under the name of 
Old-man 6 5 

That the heart is desperately wicked, most 
deceitful and vain ; set out by the name 
of Mrs. Heart arraigned and condemned. 75 

That the will of man is most rebellion sly bent 
against all due subjection ; set out by 
M ilful Will arraigned 76 

That Covetousness is a most cursed sin, the root 
of all evil every where: set out by all the 
Witnesses produced against it, . . 88 



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PAGE 

That Covetousness is a deceitful sin, having 
many pretences subtilly to cover itself; set 
out by the answer thereof at the arraignment 89 

That Covetousness is not honest Thrift, as is 
clear by proof, and the evident signs of 
Covetousness; set out by witnesses, Mr. 
Proof, and Mr. Signs 110 

That Papistry is Idolatry, a patchery of Heresy, 
Judaism and Paganism ; set out in the 
arraignment thereof. 123 

That there are twelve ways to confute Papistry ; 

set out by the empannelled Jury against it. 125 

That Verity itself, and true Christianity, are 
against Popery ; set out by the two produced 
witnesses, discovering the Falsehood, Im- 
piety, Cruelty, treasonable Practices, and 
the abominable Idolatry thereof. . . . .127 



A BRIEF ACCOUNT 



AUTHOR. 



Mr. Bernard was many years Rector of 
Batcombe, in Somersetshire. He was a learned 
divine, and a zealous pastor. Of his learning 
there is ample proof in his numerous writings, 
which also discover great precision of thought, 
. and much strength and energy of mind : and 
the same uncommon ardour which breathes 
throughout his writings, was, during a long 
and laborious ministry, manifested with exten- 
sive effects, in his immediate and extra-paro- 
chial engagements. The Non conformist's 
Memorial says, he succeeded Dr. Blisse, who 
came to that parish soon after the reformation. 
I have sought after some memoirs of him, but 
have not been gratified. He was not of Oxford, 
for Wood only mentions him incidentally, with 
reference to a tract of his, entitled, " A Guide 
to Grand Jury-men," in Cases of Witchcraft. 
A subject which has now ceased to assume so 



Xll BRIEF ACCOUNT OF 

much importance as in the early part of the 
seventeenth century, but had then, however, 
a conspicuous part in the writings of both 
lawyers and divines. Royal pens claimed not 
higher honors than to be distinguished in the 
discussion of it. 

Many useful pieces were written by Mr. 
Bernard ; his principal work was his " Thesau- 
rus Biblicus seu promptuarium sacrum." This 
work not only proves the author to have been 
a judicious and learned divine, but has the dis- 
tinguished honour of being the first Dictionary 
of the Bible. The "Thesaurus" has been spoken 
of as having been of service to the Church of 
God, and for which many have been thankful. 
It afterwards went through a second edition. 
He was born in 1567, and died before the 
" Thesaurus Biblicus" was published. In 1642, 
he published the " Bible's Abstract and Epi- 
tome," and may therefore be presumed to have 
finished his long, laborious and useful life, 
about the year 1643. Drs. Watkins and Grain- 
ger say 1641, Mr. Conant, a respectable Non- 
conformist, but who afterwards conformed, 
(which was likewise the case with our author) 
gives the following excellent character of Mr. 
Bernard, in an address to the reader, prefixed 
to the above work. 

" I had for sundry years last past, some inti- 
mate acquaintance with him; during which 
time, as (by the testimony of many godly 
learned) long before, he hath constantly been 



THB \ tTTHOR. Kill 

j laborious in the public exercise of his 

ministry ; the fruit whereof was sealed by the 
conversion of many souls unto God. His 
labours in the ministry where, not only be- 
stowed in his own congregation, but in several 
market towns next adjacent ; were weekly 
lectures were for many years continued, by 
the free and voluntary co-assistance of pious, 
godly, and orthodox divines, until they were, 
by the last bishop of that diocese, to the great 
prejudice of many souls, imperiously suppress- 
ed. In that his ministerial work he was as a 
leader and pattern unto many, exemplifying in 
his sermons that method for preaching, which 
many years since in his ;< Faithful Shepherd^ 
he hath prescribed, or at least proposed in 
writing. Divers painful and profitable la- 
bourers in the Lord's vineyard had their first 
initiation and direction from and under him ; 
unto whom also many others had recourse, and 
from whom they borrowed no small light and 
encouragement. His people, by his constant 
pains in catechising ', ( wherein he had an excel- 
lent facility) as well as in preaching, were more 
than ordinary proficients in the knowledge of 
the things of God ; and the youth of his con- 
gregation very ready in giving unclerstandingly 
an account of their faith, whereof himself would 
often speak with much rejoicing. And that 
the knowledge of his people was not merely 
speculative, appeared by the many liberal con- 
tributions, which for pious and charitable ttsfcd 
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were made by them ; wherein I suppose, rata 
proportioned th y were not inferior to any con- 
gregation in uiat whole country wherein he 
lived. His preaching and catechising were 
accompanied with zeal, frequency, and fervency 
in prayer, wherein he was very ready and 
powerful, and whereby all his other labours 
became the more successful. With all these, 
his ordinary and more private conversation 
held good correspondence, he being bold, ex- 
pert, and candid in admonishing or reproving, 
as occasion was presented; tender also and 
cordial in comforting the afflicted or wounded 
spirit ; and, in a word, he shewed much inte- 
grity in all his actions. He was in his private 
studies ; according to that strong constitution 
wherewith God had blessed him, indefatigable ; 
the benefit whereof the church of God enjoy- 
eth, in those many treatises written and print- 
ed by him ; as most men, versed in theological 
studies, will give testimony." 

Mr. Bernard will be allowed to have shewn, 
connected with brilliancy of wit, and sound- 
ness of judgment, a deep acquaintance with 
the human heart and character. His design, 
clearly and luminously executed, is as he af- 
firms, " to discover to us our miserable and 
wretched estate through corruption of nature ; 
and how a man may come to a holy reflection, 
and so happily recover himself out of his natu- 
ral wretched estate." This object is worthy an 
exertion of the noblest powers of man, having 
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THE AUTHOR. XV 

once occasioned the most eminent display of 
the perfections of Deity. It remains for the 
God of all grace to acknowledge the worthi- 
ness of the design, and the ability with which 
it is executed, by sanctioning the work with 
his blessing ; which is the sincere wish of the 
writer. 

" It has often been lamented by wise and 
good men, that whilst such a number of useless 
and pernicious writings are daily issuing from 
the press, so many valuable authors of the 
seventeenth century should continue to remain 
in obscurity. No one appears to have been 
more sensible of this, than the late excellent 
Rev. James Hervey, by whom several scarce 
and useful books were rescued from the pit of 
oblivion." 

An eminent writer observes, with regard to 
the following little piece: " Sometime after the 
commencement of the seventeenth century, a 
singularly ingenious piece of Spiritual Alle- 
gory was published under the following title, 
6 The Isle of Man, or the legal Proceedings in 
Manshire against Sin* The author was the 
Rev. Mr. Bernard, Rector of Batcombe, So- 
merset. This performance seems to have had 
a great run ; it was printed at London, A. D. 
1632. The above work in all probability, 
suggested to Mr. John Bunyan, the first idea 
of his 4 Pilgrim's Progress,' and of his ' Holy 
War.' " 

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10 THE 

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL 
Sir THOMAS THYNNE, Knt. 

And to his religious Lady, 

THE 

Lady CATHERINE THYNNE. 

All saving Graces in the blessed way unto eternal 
Comforts are unfeignedly wished. 



Right Worshipful, 

Since your departure, and now return 
to Longleat, (where the poor feel your 
mercies in set times of relief, and daily 
alms, and your tenants, and common 
neighbouring inhabitants, good enter- 
tainment at the general time of great 
house keeping,) it was my hap to travel 
into and throughout the whole Isle of 
Man. Now it is usual with all travellers 
to discourse of their journeying, and to 
relate their observations. And therefore 
let none object and say unto me that of 
Persius, Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire 
hoc sciat alter : For I found good in my 
pains-taking ; and bonum is communicati- 
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XVlil THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY. 

vum Sf sui diffusivum, and so quo commu* 
nius, eo melius In my very entrance, and 
afterwards every where I found written 
rvubi that old ancient precept, Nosce teipsum. 
crsotviov This lesson I began to take out with dili- 
gent observation. And it brought to my 
The scope of mind the Apostle's charge, Quisque ex- 
to^oneto ploret seipswn, which I laboured to put 
see and in practice, and so sought myself in my- 
*"£ w him " self; for I remembered that saying long 
since learned, Orbis quisque sibi, nee te 
qucesive?is extra. Thus my travel became 
very profitable to me ; and the variety of 
sights withal procured delight, and turned 
my pains into pleasure. 

In my travelling, 1 came to the County 
Town or chiefest Seat there, called Soul; 
where I rested for some time, because it 
fell out to be the Assize week for all that 
Island ; where I especially marked how 
in all things they proceeded against 
Malefactors according to the laws o 
England : In this only lieth the differ- 
ence ; there is never but one Judge, 
whereas we have ever two appointed in 
every circuit, as we have now in this 
Western, very honourable and religious 
Judges, quos honoris causa non possum 
non nominare. Sir John Walter, Lord 
Chief Baron, and Sir John Denham, 
another worthy Baron of the Exchequer, 
lovers of virtue and justice. 



XII K EPISTLE DEDICATORY. 



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A nd indeed, such ought Judges to be, 
as was and is this Judge in Man. He is 
a Judge of Jethro's choice, and verax, 8$ 
Dei timens, osor turpis lucri. He is di- Exod. 1. is. 
vinely given, prudent, impartial, and. very 
quick (upon good information) in dis- 
patch of causes. He was worthily at- 
tended, as he ought ever to be, with a 
worthy Sheriff, with justices of Peace, 
Knights and Esquires, Gentlemen of sin- 
gular note and fame in that country. 
This I heard of them, and it appeared by 
their practice that they all stand for the 
maintenance of the laws, they see their 
Sovereign well served, justice duly ob- 
served, and judgment executed accord- 
ingly. 

They never side with any, for they hate 
faction : Pride and Envy, two restless 
make-bates, who for notorious misde- 
meanor, I saw bound to their good be- 
haviour. So as now there is a Ccesar* 
like spirit, patitur superiorem, and a 
Pompey suum parent. They run all one 
course, and as true Israelites, quasi vir 
units, for public good. Therefore do the 
people live in peace, the land prospereth, 
j ustice flourisheth, virtue is exalted, vice 
suppressed, and the enemies at home and 
abroad made to fear. 

h The whole discourse of this excellent 
order ? and careful proceedings there by 



XX THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY. 

me observed, from my first entrance unto 
the end, I am bold here to present unto 
your Worships, whom I have now found 
diligent readers of holy Scripture, ad- 
dicted to private prayer, besides set form 
for the whole family, to be entertainers of 
the Preachers of God's Word, giving 
freely to such benefices as they may hap 
to be void, not being seduced by men's 
offering large sums to procure Advowsons 
aforehand, as too many patrons be in 
these days. Now the Lord God Al- 
mighty hearten you on, unto these things 
more and more, and unto every other 
good grace, that may lively demonstrate 
to the world the power of saving know- 
ledge in the use of God's abundant 
earthly blessings, so largely bestowed 
upon you ; with which earnest prayer 
unto God for you, and for a blessing 
upon these my endeavours to further the 
same, I humbly take leave. 

Your Worships' 

In all Christian Services, 

At command, 
RICHARD BERNARD. 

JBatcombe, May 21. 



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AUTHOR'S 

EARNEST REQUESTS. 



First, to the Worthy Reader ', whoso- 
sover, to whom let me but say, that much 
of this Discourse and allegorical Narra- 
tion, that in it, sunt bona, sunt quaedam 
mediocria, sunt mala nulla; yet if any 
thing may seem distasteful, let thy mind 
be to take it well, as Caesars was, 
to interpret well the seeming offensive 
carriage of one Accius the Poet towards 
him, and thou wilt not be displeased. 
Thy good mind will prevent the taking of 
an offence where none is intended to be 
given. In the discovery, attacking, ar- 
raigning, and condemning of Sin, I tax 
the Vice, and not any man's person ; so as 
I may say with one, 

Hunc servare modum nostri novere 
libel li> 

Parcere personis, dicere de vitiis, 



XX11 EPISTLE TO THE READER, 

Thou hast here towards the end of this 
discourse the Trial and Judgment upon 
Old man. four notorious Malefactors. Two of them 
HearY." the very prime authors of all the open 
rebellion, or secret conspiracies, which at 
any time ever were in that Island. The 
other two were the principal abettors, and 
the chiefest supporters of them. Their 
names, their natures, and their mischiev- 
ous practices, thou mayest find at large 
in the narration. 
Request to The state of poor Prisoners is well 
the Shenff, known, and how their soul's safety is 
and Justices, neglected ; and yet our Saviour gave such 
food* to poor a testimony to a penitent thief, as he 
Prisoners. ne ver gave to any mortal man else ; for, 
he told him that he should be that day 
with him in Paradise. 

How blessed a work would it be to 
have maintenance raised for a learned, 
godly and grave Divine, that might attend 
to instruct them daily; twelve -pence a 
quarter, of one parish with another in our 
county, would encourage some compas- 
sionate holy man thereunto : and what is 
this? Not a mite out of every man's 
purse to save souls. 
The benefit If, with this instruction, there should 
prisoned on De means to set them also on work, they 
work. might get somewhat for food, for raiment. 

They might so prevent the miserable fruits 
of sloth : their minds would be employed, 



EPISTLE TO THE READER. XXlll 

their bodies preserved in health, and not 
pine away, and be consumed with vermin. 
Yea, enforced labour there, would terrify 
loose vagrants, and lazy wanderers, and 
the idle rout from turning thieves, more 
than either imprisonment or death hither- 
to hath done. And besides, such as should 
escape, would by this heavenly means of 
instruction, and bodily labour, become 
through God's mercies, more profitable 
members in the common-weal afterwards ; 
whereas now they become twice more 
the children of Belial, than they were 
before. 

O let me be bold earnestly to beseech 
you, and in all humility to crave your 
merciful and tender bowels of compassion 
towards them. 

And first of you, Right Honourable my Sir John 
Lords the Judges, who sit as gods among ^rd te Chief 
men, to give judgment upon this so Baron, Sir 
wretched, and so miserable a generation h ^ n 
of mankind, that if they die, they may be 
more ready with all patience and submis- 
sion of spirit, to receive their just reward, 
and your doom of death upon them ; or 
if they be acquitted and so live, they may 
learn afterwards to live the life of good 
Christians, and so make a good use of 
their d eliverance. And would not this 
rejoice your hearts, to forward such a 
work when your Lordships do know that 



XXIV EPISTLE TO THE READER. 

the blessed angels do rejoice at the con- 
version of sinners ? 

Mr. Syms. Next of you, worthy Master Sheriff, 
under whose wisdom, religious affection, 
tender mercies, and powerful abilities, the 
prison, and the prisoners be for the time 
present. Shall not this work set forward 
by you, be unto you an everlasting re- 
membrance ? 

Then of all you Right Worshipful the 
worthy Justices of our country, by whose 
authority these offenders are sent unto 
prison. O that it might not displease you, 
to hear me calling on you by name, who, 
1 hope, are well-minded to such a blessed 
and charitable work. 

Ye deservedly honoured Knights, Sir 
George Speak, Sir John Stowel, iMr Fran- 
cis Popham, Sir Henry Barkly, Sir John 
Windham, Sir John Horner, Sir Edward 
Rodney, and Sir Robert George ; and may 
I not here also name the worthily esteemed 
of their country, though not at this present 
in Commission with you, Sir Ralph Hop- 
ton, Sir Robert Philips, Sir Charles Bark- 
ly, and Sir Edward Barkly? all to be 
graciously pleased to commiserate their 
lamentable case, and to help forward 
this work of piety and pity towards pri- 

If I mistake soners? 

your places, O ye other worthies of your country, 

pardon me. no ^ ess generously affected, John Powlet, 



EPISTLE TO THE READER. XXV 

Robert Hopton, Edward Rogers, George 
Lutterel, John May, Francis Barber, 
Robert Cutfe, Thomas Bretton, John 
Goales, William Francis, Rice Davys, 
Thomas Windham, John Harrington, 
John Harbin, William Capel, and An- 
thony Stocker, Esquires : let the bowels 
of compassion compass you about, that 
you may effect this so good a deed, and 
be honoured for ever, in bringing to pass 
so rare a charity. 

The work surely would bless you al. 
Alas ! the prison now is a very picture 
of H ell ; and (more is the pity) as the 
case now stands, is no less than a prepa- 
rative thereto, for want of daily instruc- 
tion. It would be by a faithful ministry, 
and bodily employment of them, a house 
of correction, with instruction, and so 
happily the way of life. Then might 
charity quicken up justice to send offen- 
ders, obstinately persisting in evil, and 
abusing their liberty, unto prison, in good 
hope of their reformation. The loss of 
their corporal liberty, might through 
God's mercy, then gain them spiritual 
freedom : health by labour would be pre- 
served, and their souls by wholesome in- 
struction saved. 

The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
persuade your well-disposed hearts to 



XXVI EPISTLE TO THE READER. 

such an unbegun work, among so many 
deeds very famous in this renowned na- 
tion. The Spirit of the Lord God of 
Heaven and Earth rest upon you to 
cause you to effect this, and in time to 
effect the same, by stirring up the coun- 
try, and by your own mercies in your 
life-times, you giving, and at your death 
bequeathing something thereunto. Even 
so be it, and the Lord God Almighty be 
with you all herein. Amen. 

Request to ^Y smt * s to evei T Keeper of a Pri- 
the Keepers son, if they be no kin to Master New- 
of nsons. man ^ ^ e (j ao i erj { u this Discourse, that 
yet they would take acquaintance of him, 
and become better known to him. That 
their prisoners may by their virtues and 
religious care be better disposed, 
thequest to My request to poor Prisoners is, to 
RepoorPri- redeem their time ill spent, to call to 
God for mercy and pardon ; and to move 
them hereunto, let them in serious me- 
ditation put themselves in mind of these 
things. 
Meditation 1. That their liberty abused, God hath 
whiie e the ky the hand of authority taken from 
he in Gaol, them, as unworthy to live freely in a 
C omm on weal t h . 

2. That as they neglected and despised 
spiritual means of salvation, they are now 
deprived thereof. 



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EPISTLE TO THE READER. XXV11 

3. That as before they delighted only 
with wicked company, now are they shut 
up one with another together. 

4. That their rags are ensigns to them 
of their ragged condition. 

5. That their filth and vermin telleth 
them of their filthy conversation, and 
their many sins and corruptions. 

6. That their want of food is a punish- 
ment for such of them, as have abused 
God's blessings to gluttony, drunkenness, 
and the fruits thereof, wantonness, and 
filthy uncleanness. 

7. That their prison is as it w 7 ere a pic- 
ture of Hell, to mind them of their end, 
whither they are going, if they do not 
amend. 

8. That their expecting of the Assizes, 
is an instruction to look for Jesus, the 
Judge of all the World. 

9. That their chains, fetters, and bolts 
teach them to consider the nature of their 
sins, which hold them bound to answer at 
the bar of God's Justice. 

10. That their desire of life by a psalm 
of mercy, should move them to desire 
eternal life, through the mercies of God 
in Jesus Christ, who will be gracious to 
every true, believing penitent; which, 
graces, poor Prisoners, God send you J 
and fear only to die eternally. 

Before I end, I have a suit to all that 
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EPISTLE TO THE READER. 



Request to pro f e ss the Law, that if in this Allegory, 

Professors «<,,.« i i i 

of the Law. fetched trom such terms as be better 
known to them than to myself, I do mis- 
take, they would be pleased to pass over 
that, and make use with me of the spiri- 
tual sense, which is the drift of my labour 
herein. And so at length I take leave, 
with my prayer to God for the peace of 
Jerusalem^ and for a prosperous success 
to all that love the Israel of God, with 
our country's glory and safety. Amen. 



APOLOGY. 



These things are the substance of all Au Answer 
this Book, couched within the allegorical censure This 
narrations ; which is no dreaming dotage, Book - 
no fantastic toy, no ridiculous concep- 
tion, no old wife's tale told. Some have 
a humour to delight in finding faults ; 
some are so envious that they cannot 
look upon any thing which is another's, 
but they must needs disgrace it : perhaps 
some kicking jade in reading is galled, 
and therefore doth wince. Some are so 
rigidly grave, that, forsooth, it is amiss to 
read that wherein they may have occa- 
sion offered any way to laugh or smile ; 
when they may remember that even 
Abraham^ the grey-headed, old aged and 
grave father, once laughed ; as they them- 
selves will also, whosoever they be, when 
the humour takes them. 

If any dislike this little Book for want 
of matter, let him be pleased to consider 
c3 



XXX THE APOLOGY. 

No want of these one-and-forty particular instructions 
I^ngious 01 before set down, with the natural and 
uses. moral philosophy comprehended therein ; 

how also families may be well governed, 
and also religiously ; how love may be 
preserved among neighbours, what evils 
are the disturbance thereof, and what be 
the base conditions of the niggards and 
pinching worldlings, contrary to such 
as be of a bountiful and liberal disposi- 
tion. 
The scope of Besides all these things, let them be 
the Book. p]eased tQ attend t0 the scope of the 

Book, wherein two things are principally 
aimed at. 
To know 1. To discover to us our miserable and 

ourselves by retched estate through corruption of 
nature. For the laying open hereof? 
there is a lively description of sin, with 
the power, nature, fruits, and effects 
thereof; how it first came, how enter- 
tained, bred and brought up, by whom, 
and where, with the several kinds of sin, 
and the differing conditions of sinful men, 
opposing virtuous courses, and under 
what colour they so do, to their own ruin 
at the length. 
How to be 2 To shew how a man may come to a 
reformed, h iy reformation, and so happily recover 
himself out of his natural wretched es- 
tate. To work this, here is delivered, 
how a man is to search out sin : what 



THE APOLOGY. XXXI 

necN graces are required thereto, 

with the helps how to discover sin, and to 
know sins to be sin ; what commonly be 
the lets and hindrances in the discovery 
and search of our sins ; what to do, 
having found out our sins, and how to 
becom- humbled thereby, and how to sit 
down to jud«;e of ourselves without all 
partiality. Moreover, here is manifest, 
what gifts and graces are requisite to an 
holy life. Lastly, how we may know sin 
to be subdued, and in whom it is truly 
overcome. 

These things being the true scope and 
right use of this Book, and the matters 
therein contained, so beliooveful and ne- 
cessary to every true Christian, I hope 
no sober-minded man can, much less 
will, find fault with it. 

If the manner, laying those things The manner 
down in a continued allegory, be the of- ^ cgori 
fence to some, I do suppose they know, 
that Nathan did teach David by an al- % Sa». 12. 
leffory: Isaiah and Ezekiel taught the £ an l t ' 5 :, 
Jews so too, and that our baviour spake 2. and 19. 
many parables to his hearers. 

If any think it had been fit for a Objection 
younger wit, than for one grown old and aU; * ered - 
grey-headed, surely Nathan, Isaiah, and 
Ezekiel were not young; neither did those 
forms of speaking derogate any thing 
from their holy aged gravities. And, it 



XXXH THE APOLOGY. 

may be, thus to allegorize upon such a 
subject matter from all these passages in 
politic government, required some more 
experience than some perhaps conceit, 
though the thing done to their hand may 
seem now most easy. 

But the fault, if a fault, peradventure, 
is not simply imputed for making an al- 
legory ; but in following it so largely, and 
for surfeiting (as it were interlude-wise) 
some things for the weightiness of the 
matter therein contained, not seeming 
grave enough, as the parables of Christ, 
and his Prophets were. For sin and sin- 
ful courses of men should be so deci- 
phered, as the readers might rather be 
moved to lament than occasioned to 
laugh. 

First, for the largeness, it is no more 
than the necessity of the intended dis- 
course requires, as the scope before-men- 
tioned may sufficiently witness. The pa- 
Luke is. rabies of our Saviour in St. Lxtke^ and 
Ezek 6 i7. °f Ezekieh were large, and they were 
and 19. prosecuted according to the nature of 
those things from whence they were 
taken, to lay open fully thereby what 
they intended, and this is but so, and no 
more. 

I confess, the matter of this allegorical 
discourse to be such (as may appear by the 
manifold lessons before laid down, being the 



the apoloc;\. xxxhi 

summary contents of the book) as ought 
to work in every Christian reader, sorrow 
of heart in the deep consideration of his 
miseries, till he be recovered out of his 
wretched estate : and withal, to cause a 
diligent endeavour in sober sadness to 
better his condition of living Christian- 
like before God ; neither of which is pre- 
vented by the manner of handling. If all 
would do, as some have done, first to read 
it after the letter, and then attend piously 
to the spiritual sense, they would attain 
to that, which in so penning it I aimed 
at. I knew the natures of men in the 
world. I persuaded myself that the alle- 
gory would draw many to read, which 
might be as a bait to catch them, perhaps, 
at unawares, and to move them to fall into 
a meditation at the length, of the spiritual 
use thereof: which I well hoped that others 
more religiously bent, would at the first 
discern and make benefit of. 

If two or three passages carry not that 
gravitv in shew as some, perhaps, could 
wish they did ; let these consider therein 
in those places the enforced nature of the 
allegory. Then how that elsewhere in 
all the rest of the Book the carriage of 
the matter is very far from the nature of 
so odious and so base a comparison, if it be 
in the hand of a piously-affected and well- 
minded reader. Lastly, that even those 



Psa. 52. 0. 



XXXIV THE APOLOGY 

few passages are sharp reproofs ; and are 
no more an occasion to guilty parties, 
with the conceit thereof to make them- 
selves merry, than that great Prophet 
Elijah's mocking (in a matter none more 
weighty) was to the priests of 2?aa/,whom 
yet, perhaps, some of the wiser sort ab- 
horring Baal, might smile secretly thereat. 
There is a kind of smiling and joyful 
laughter, for any thing I know, which 
may stand with sober gravity, and with 
the best man's piety, justly occasioned 
from the right apprehension of things ; 
Gen. 17. i7. else had not Abraham fallen into it, nor 
Job 29. 24. holy Job, nor the righteous in seeing 
(which is strange) matter of fear. Well, 
I have clothed this book as it is. It may 
be, some humour took me, as once it did 
old Jacob, who apparelled Joseph differ- 
ently from all the rest of his brethren in 
a party-coloured coat. It may also be, 
that I took (as Jacob did in his Joseph) 
more delight in this lad, than in twenty 
other of his brethren born before him, or 
in a younger Benjamin brought forth 
soon after him. 

When I thus did apparel him, I intend- 
ed to send him forth to his brethren, 
hoping hereby to procure him the more 
acceptance, where he happily should 
come; and my expectation hath not failed. 
Deceived altogether I am not, as was Ja- 
cob in sending his Joseph among his envi- 



THE APOLOGY. XXXV 

ous brethren ; for not only hundreds, but 
si)ine thousands have welcomed him to 
their houses. They say they like his 
countenance, his habit and manner of 
speaking well enough ; though other, 
too nice, be not so well pleased there- 
with. 

But who can please all? Or how can 
any one so write or speak as to content 
every man ? If any mistake me, and 
abuse him in their too carnal apprehen- 
sion, without the truly intended spiritual 
use, let them blame themselves, and nei- 
ther me nor him ; for the fault is their 
own, which I wish them to amend. 

You that like him, I pray you still 
accept of him, for whose sake, to further 
your spiritual meditation, I have sent him 
out with these Contents^ and more margi- 
nal notes. 

His habit is no whit altered which he 
is constrained by me to wear, not only 
on working days, but even upon holidays 
and Sundays too, if he go abroad. A 
fitter garment I have not now for him ; 
and if I should send out the poor lad 
naked, I know it would not please you. 

This his Coat, though not altered in the 
^ashion, yet is it made somewhat longer. 
For, though from his first birth into the 
vorld it be near a year, yet he his grown 
ttle bigger ; but I think him to become to 



x XXVi THE APOLOGY. 

bis full stature; so he will be but as 
little pigmy to be carried abroad in anj 
man's pocket. 

I pray you now this seventh time ac- 1 
cept him, and use him as I have intended 
him for you, and you shall reap the fruit. 
though I forbid you not to be Christianiy 
merry with him. So fare you well in all 
friendly well- wishes. 

R. B. 

May 28, 1627. 






J HE 

ISLE OF MAN: 

OR, THE 

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN MANSHIRE 
AGAINST SIN. 



PART L 



Lament, hi. 40. 
" Let us search and try our Ways, " 

The lamenting Prophet Jeremiah, in 
his days, full of lamentation and mourn- 
ing, seeing and also partaking with others 
of those miseries which befell the state of 
the Jews, justly procured at God's hands 
for their sins, doth here give them advice 
what was best to be done, that in this 
their distress God might shew them mercy; 
and that was to repent and turn unto the 
Lord ; to the effecting whereof, he coun- 
selleth them two things laid down in my 
text. First, to search out Sin ; and, 
secondly, to put it to trial. 

In the handling whereof, I will proceed 
as here we do against a lewd and wicked 
Malefactor, legally, according to the laws 
of this realm. 

The first part of my text is to search. A Search 

B 



2 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

be^made for \y e know that when one hath offended 
the laws : hath committed any felony, 
murder, treason, or done any outrage, for 
which he is to be apprehended, he pre- 
sently flying and hiding himself, is pur- 
sued, and sought after : diligent search is 
made to attach him. 



Sin is the The Malefactor here which doth so 
factor. d e much harm on every one, every where 
without ceasing, is Sin. This is a nota- 
Sin ob ^ e thief and robber, daring to set upon 
' any. He ro x bbeth God of his honour, 
and man of God's favour. This thief 
stole from angels their excellency of 
glory ; from our first parents their inno- 
cency. This is he that robbeth us of our 
graces : the spiritual money which we 
have in the purses of our heart, to help 
us in our journey to heaven. This villain 
bereaveth us of our goods, driveth away 
our cattle, spoileth us of every temporal 
blessing : of our health, our peace, our 
liberty and plenty. He it is that utterly 
undoeth us, and maketh our estate miser- 
able, that we cannot thrive in any thing, 
body or soul. 
Sin doth kin This is a murdering thief; whereso- 
kiMed. 6 n0t ever ne breaketh in, by day or by night, 
there will he either kill or be killed : man 
and sin cannot both live together. Most 
bloodily cruel he is, for he will spare 
none. He slayeth the hoary head, and 



the: isle oi max. 



killeth the tender mother with the new- 
born babe. He regardeth no person, no 
sex, no age, of so murderous a disposition 
is lie, and so inhumanly barbarous. 

He is a very strong thief, no human siu is strong. 
power can subdue him ; he taketh man 
and bindeth him : for -'iniquity taketh the Pro « 5 - **■ 
wicked, andholdeth him with the cords of 
his own sins." He will bear rule where 
he cometh, all must obey him. He will 
command the reason, reign over the will) 
and swagger over the affections, and lead Rom r. 23. 
captive the whole man, and make him 
serviceable to his lusts ; yea, and make 
him spend his whole estate to maintain 
him in his lustful humours ; whether it 
be in pride, or drunkenness, or glutto- 
ny, or idleness, or whoredom, or whatso- 
ever else it is ; he both must and will have 
maintenance, else will he set all on fire : 
for wickedness burnetii as fire. isa. 9. is. 

This is an ungrate i id and mischievous Surdothhim 
thief: for let any entertain him and fa- ;i^ m °\ th r urt 
vour him, he will work their overthrow, loveth it. 
Yea, so vile a villain is he, that the more 
any make of him, the worse he is to them: 
for, 'he withholds all good from them, he 
procureth mischiefs to light upon them.' J er - J- **■ 
He keepeth out grace from having any The " \ x ' 
entertainment. He smothereth con- which £in 
science for speaking ; hardeneth the heart doth " 
for feeling ; blindeth the judgment from 



4 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

discerning ; stoppeth the ear from hearing 
any good counsel ; lameth the feet from 
walking in God's paths ; benumbeth the 
hands from doing duties of charity ; and 
maketh the tongue to faulter in speaking 
of holy things. Neither yet doth he this 
only ; but he worketh enmity betwixt his 
favourite and his best friend, even between 
God and his own conscience. And to 
make up the height of his mischief: the 
more to strengthen himself against his 
foolish and unhappy friend, he, at una- 
wares to him, letteth in, and that into the 
best room (even the heart), his great and 
most deadly enemy the devil. 

Thus Covetousness did let him into 

Matt. & 14, Judas's heart, and set him on work to be- 
tray Christ. Flattery let him into the 
hearts of the false prophets, to deceive 

Ma^t" i3 22 * Ahab. Carelessness lets him in to hinder 
the fruit of the word. Loss of God's 

Matt. is. graces lets him in, and seven worse with 
him, to ruin a man utterly. Hypocriti- 
cal vain-glory, and covetousness, did let 
him into the hearts of Ananias and Sap- 
phi ra : for vain-glory made them sell all, 
to make a show to be like Barnabas ; but 
Covetousness, with Unbelief, advised them 
to withhold some of the money, lest they 
should happen to want ; but how to do 
this, and keep their credit, they knew not ; 
therefore Hypocrisy, Vain-glory, Covet* 



Acts 5- 10. 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 5 

ousness, and Unbelief, called in Satan to 
hear his counsel ; who taught them to lie 
unto the Holy Ghost, but to the death of 
them both. Thus we see, what an un- 
grateful villain Sin is to his best friends. 

Lastly, this thief is a pestilent, subtile f,jj t ^ e very 
thief. Sin is deceitful ; it beguiled Adam, hub. 3! 13. 
David, and Solomon : yea, St. Paul, once 
rapt up into the third heaven, doth ac- 
knowledge that it deceived him. And Ro 7 u 
whom hath it not deceived ? He is there- 
fore carefully to be avoided and taken 
heed of: and this robbing, murdering, 
strong, ungrateful, mischievous, and sub- 
tile thief diligently to be sought out. 

But before search can be made, a a watch set 
watch must be set to espy him out, that s° in e # spy ° wt 
he may be attached. 

The Watchman appointed for this pur- The watch. 
pose, is Godly -jealousy, w T ho hath ever an man 
holy suspicion of a man's ow T n ways, lest 
in any thing at any time he should mis- 
behave himself. 

This vigilant Watchman hath with him 
two assistants ever to accompany him; Assistants 
the one is Love-good, a zealous fellow for ary two 
God and good duties : the other is Hate- 
ill, an angry and waspish fellow, and of a 
fierce countenance against Sin. 

These three ever keep together, so as 
Sin cannot so cunningly enter, but they 

b 2 



Streets are 
four. 



b THE ISLE OF MAN. 

can as quickly espy him, and as speedily 
pursue him, and put him to flight. 
The Town The place where these are set watch- 
wacthed. m en, j s called SouVs-town, a town of 
great resort, a thoroughfare, never with- 
Traveiiers. out travellers, ill motions, day and night; 
P 0Sts , and the posts, which are Satan's sugges- 

tions, ever and anon pass through, and 
The inn. many at the common inn, the Heart, take 

up their lodgings/ 
Town large. This town is very spacious and large ; 
for besides rnany back-sides, by -lanes, and 
out-corners, there are four great streets ; 
Sense-street, Thought-street, Word-street, 
and Deed-street ; in some of which this 
lewd companion Sin, and his cope-mates, 
will be found wandering. 

When the watch is set, they have a 
Charge charge given them, by one in authority, 
*vaTcU°en he which is this : < Keep thy soul diligently.' 
Dent. 4. 9. And withal they have a watchful eye to 
Heb. 3. 12, the Inn, and to ' take heed lest at any 
13 - time there be a heart of infidelity to de- 

part from the living God ;' commanding 
also the watchmen 'to exhort one an- 
other daily, lest their hearts be hardened 
with the deceitfulness of sin.' 
a v atch- These Watchmen have also a watch- 

word given them ; even a word of pre- 
isa. so. 2i. venting grace, saying to them, ' this is the 
way, walk in it, when they are turning to 
the right hand or to the left.' 






THE ISLE OF. MAN. 7 

To this watch-word. Godly-jealousy, 
with his associates, do willingly attend, 
keeping carefully the watch, so as the 
thief is descried ; and presently they 
make Hue-and-cry after him. 

This Hue-and-cry is written by the ThG Hue - 
Bible-clerk, and containeth infallible EUevenways 
marks to discover Sin ; whereby it may . how to c . 

. , . ' . J _ J know Sin. 

be certainly known, and they are these : 

1. By the Laic of the ten Command- Rom. 3. 20. 
ments : for by it cometh the knowledge i'j^ hn 3 . 4# 
of Sin ; for every failing in that which is 
commanded, and every thought, word, 

and deed, against that which is forbidden, 
is sin. 

2. By every exhortation to virtue, and 
every dehortation from vice : being ap- 
pendices to the Commandments ; shewing 
what we ought to do, and what ought to 
be shunned and avoided of us. 

3. JBy every threatening ; which is the Isa i u 
word of God's displeasure for sin. 1S - 3. 14. 

4. By punishment inflicted ; which is Acts T.5. 
certainly God's hand for sin ; for were he f ,3 - 11 - 
not provoked by sin, he would not afflict Lam. 3'. 33. 

n o Josh. 7. 20. 

P>*a 15 5 1-1 

5. By the humble confession of such as 1 Sam. 12. ' 
have acknowledged their sins in parti- J^tt 2r 4 . 
cular. iTta.i li 

6. By plain accusations ; laying sins 2 Chron. i9," 
to men's charge. Isa. lix. 3, &c. '^ Sam 19 



O THE ISLE OF MAN. 

7. By reproofs and checks for sin. 2 
Chron. xix. 2. 

8. By places, numbering up sins by 
name, in sundry Scriptures. Rom. i. 29, 
30, 31, 32. 1 Tim. i. 9, 10. 2 Tim. iii. 
&c. 1 Cor. v. 11. Gal. v. 19, 20, 21. 
Rev. xxi. 8. Prov. xi. 1. Mic. vi. 11. 

9. By the description of sin; shewing 
what it is, as in 1 John iii. 4. and v. 17. 
Rom. xiv. 23. Prov. xxi. 4. and xxiv. 9. 
and i. 21. 

10. By the description of godly men ne- 
gatively, by such things as they ought to 
avoid; as in Psalm i. 1. and xv. 3. 5. and 
xxiv. 4. Ezek. xviii. 68. Isa. xxxiii. 15. 
Psalm ci. 3. and xvi. 4. 

Lastly, By the description of wicked 
men ; by their bad qualities and condi- 
tions. Psalm x. 2. 11. and xii. 2. 4. and 
lvii. 21. 
Wbb cam- The Hue-and-cry thus set out, it : 
eth thtHue- carried by the Spirit of supplication, 
ant " cr> ' crying mightily to the Lordfor grace and 
mercy to help in time of need ; as David 
did, who saw sin before him, and then 
iv 5|. i,2. made the Hue-and-cry, saying: ' Have 
mercy upon me, O Lord, according to thy 
loving-kindness, according to the multi- 
tude of thy mercy, do away all mine 
offences. 1 

This Hue-and-cry must not be let slip 
at any hand ; but be carried along in the 



tue s 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 

pursuit, lest in following of Sin, men be 
deceived, and solid Virtues be attached 
instead of Vices. x For this we must 
know, as Vices have not a few friends (as 
after shall be shewed,) so Virtues have 
many enemies ready to inform against 
them, that they may be pursued after as 
malefactors, that Sin in the mean while 
may seek shelter and escape : and the virtu 
enemies are these. enemies. 

1. One Mr. Outside, in the inside a 1. Outside, 
carnal Securitan ; a fellow that will come an ;! h . is de " 
to his church, keep his Sundays and holi- 
days ; but yet in the congregation, while 
he sitteth among others, sometimes he is 
nodding, and sometimes fast asleep ; and 
if he abide w r aking, then is his mind wan- 
dering abroad, so as he remaineth still 
ignorant, without any effectual power of 
the word ; and being out of the church, 
he is presently upon his w r orldly busi- 
ness. 

This fellow cannot abide any after- what he is 
meditation, or christian conference with an enemy 
others, of that which he hath heard ; and 
if he espy any meeting together for this 
purpose, then he maketh information 
against them, and is ready to send the 
Hue-and-cry, as against privy, schisma- 
tical, conventicling, and unlawful meet- 
ing. This is a vulgar ignoramus, and a 
blockish adversary. 



10 THE ISLE OF MAN. 



2. Wicked 2. The second is Sir Worldlywise : a 

Worldly- p , /-, t ip • t i 

vise de- very tool to God, a selt-conceited earth- 

Lam. e 3."i5 worm > whose wisdom is from below, and 

therefore sensual, earthly, and devilish ; 

What he is who proudly, with much disdain, con- 

anenemyl °' demneth and contemneth the wisdom 

which is from above, pure and peaceable, 

sincere and charitable ; and is ready to 

send the Hue-and-cry after it, as after 

foolish and doting simplicity. 

3. Luke- 3, The third is Sir Lukewarm. This 
description, fellow is a temporizing time-server : Jack 

on both sides ; he is all in the praise of 

moderation and discretion; one very in- 

^»iHtl« different between this and that : he cannot 

nil enemy to. 

endure fervent zeal, but would have 
Hue-and-cry sent against it, as a fiery 
mad-brained rashness. 

4. Plausible- 4. The fourth is Sir Plausible- Civil ; 

scriptioD. de a fashionable fellow, framed to a commend- 
able outward behaviour for civility ; but in 
matter of religion, he hath no more but 
what he hath by common education, cus- 

. torn, and example of other. To the life 

an enemy to. of religion he is a stranger: strict serving 

of God, and a more narrow search of our 

ways, he holds to be foolish scrupulosity ; 

and is desirous to have the Hue-and-cry 

sent out against it, as against fantastical 

preciseness. 

5 Machia- 5. The fifth is Master Machiavel ; a 

scri'ption. mischievous companion : all for policy, lit- 



THE ISLE OF MAX. 1J 

tie for piety, and then in pretence only. 
He is a very Jehu, zealous against Baal, 
to root out Ahab's posterity, for the more 
sure settling of the kingdom to him and 
his ; but in state idolatry, a very Jeroboam 
to keep the kingdom from being re-united What he is 
to Judah. He cannot suffer gainful «» enemyto, 
abuses to be reformed ; but if any attempt 
any such thing, he accuseth them for fac- 
tious, turbulent spirits ; and so would he 
have the Hue-and-cry made against 
their endeavours, as against some purita- 
nical trick. 

6. The sixth is one Libertine. This 6. Libertine, 
licentious fellow hath a cheverel consci- ^f escnp " 
ence, caring for nothing but how to pass 

on along his life in pleasurable content- 
ments. Religion by him is held to be but What he is 
a devised policy, to keep men in awe of a anenem > 10 - 
Deity ; and therefore when he seeth Re- 
ligion to be made conscience of, he pre- 
sently causeth Hue-and-cry to be made 
against it as against hypocrisy. This pro- 
fane enemy laugheth at, and mocketh at 
Christianity. 

7. The seventh is Scrupulosity. This 7. Scrnpuio- 
is an unsociable and a snappish fellow ; he scnption. e 
maketh sins to himself more than the law 
condemneth, andliveth upon fault-finding. 
Weaker-Apprehension is his father, and 
Misunderstanding his mother, and an wllHt he is 
Uncharitable Heart his nurse. The use aaenem> 



12 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



his de 
scription. 



Whom he is 



of Christian liberty, if it be more in his 
conceit than he pleaseth to like well of, 
then would he have the Hue-and-cry sent 
against it, as against carnal security. This 
is a rigid and censorious adversary. 

8. Babjioni- 8 The eighth is the Babbling Babylo- 
nian. This is a doting companion, and 
superstitiously foolish ; he boasteth of an- 
tiquity, though his ways be novelty. Yet 
he will have it the old religion ; and if any 
forsake it as idolatry, those he condemneth 

an enemyto! for schismatics, and labours to have the 
Hue-and-cry sent out against all refor- 
mation in Christian churches, as against 
heresy. This is a bloody anti-christian 
adversary. 

These are the principal informers (for 
I pass by petty companions), which en- 
deavour to mislead the pursuer of Sin, 
and to set him to attach very eminent and 
excellent virtues for vices. Therefore it 
is necessary to have Sin set out, by marks 
infallible, in the Hue-and-cry ; else this 
subtile villain, Sin, will craftily beguile 
the pursuer, and will escape, either by the 
shifts which he can make to deceive him, 
or by his many friends he hath to keep 
him from being apprehended. 

Shifts by The shifts which commonly a thief 

maketh to escape in his fleeing away, are 



which sin 
escapes are 
principally tWO 
two. 



1. Is his counterfeiting the habit of an 
of vh muV™ honest man. So Sin craftily putteth upon 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



13 



himself the show of virtue, as Jehu did 
piety, for the getting of a kingdom, and 
establishing of it to himself: whose sin 
was covered with a pretended and hypo- 
critical zeal for the Lord. Ananias and 
Sapphira made show of liberality, like that 
of Barnabas, not discernible till Peter dis- 
covered it. For as Satan can transform 
himself into an angel of light, and his apos- 2 Cor 1I# 
ties into the apostles of Christ ; so can is> ii 
Sin, the seed of Satan, put upon itself the 
counterfeit of virtue. 

2. A thief will alter his name ; and by 2 - B > T th e 
assuming the name of an honest man often- uie put upon 
times escape away- And after this man- vices - 
ner also escapeth Sin ; vice getting upon What vices 
it the name of virtue. And so drunkenness gottnename 
escapeth under the name of Good-fellow- of Yirlues " 
ship; Covetousness, under the name of 
Good-husbandry ; filth Ribaldry ', under 
the name of Merriment ; pride of apparel, 
under the name of Decency and Hand- 
someness ; bloody revenge for wrongs of- 
fered, escapeth under the name of Valour ; 
foolish watchfulness, under the name of a 
Frank and Liberal Disposition ; super- 
stition, under the name of Devotion, of 
Forefathers, and the Old Religion ; re- 
missness in punishing, under the name of 
Gentleness ; flattery, under the name of 
Inoffensiveness ; lukewarmness in religion, 
under the praise of Discretion ; and many 



14 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

such like foul vices do thus deceitfully 
hide themselves, and so escape unattached. 
If by these his shifts he cannot escape 
Godly -jealousy, that constant pursuer, 
then will he seek to be holpen by his kin- 
dred and friends (for Sin hath many,) who 
Friends of will either so defend him, or excuse him, 
siu , and or d en y him, or hide him, or make him so 
show it. little in fault, as will almost persuade 
Godly -jealousy that it is even needless so 
eagerly to pursue after him. 
1. ignorance, 1. The first of these is his grandsire 
tosin. friend Ignorance. For he knows no sin; he 
cannot read the Hue-and-cry ; he breed- 
eth Sin, and bringeth him up, and maketh 
no conscience of it : if Sin get into his 
house, he holds himself safe enough. 

2, Error, 2. The second, his brother Error, the 
to sin. ' len son of Ignorance. This fellow mistaketh 

all, and misconstrueth the whole Hue-and- 
cry, and can find no fault with Sin ; and 
so endeavoureth to send the pursuer 
another way. 

3. Opinion, 3 # ^he third is his cousin Opinion. And 

how a friend ,..,,,,,", • i i i 

to sin. this will hold the pursuer with a long and 

tedious disputation ; questioning the act, 
whether it be a sin or no ? And will en- 
deavour, by probabilities, to make it no 
sin, that so he might make the pursuer to 
desist. Thus sins of profit, and such as 
may prevent certain dangers, are disputed, 
pro and con, as men say. The sin of 



THE ISLE OF MAS'. 15 

usury by many is brought under Opinion, 
as lawful some way. 

So the sin of Idolatry ; to go and hear 
a mass without inward reverence, as it was 
disputed in Queen Mary's days, to prevent 
the imminent danger of death then. Many 
sins, evident enough, are made disput- 
able if they yield profit, or be delightsome 
to the flesh, or such as may help to keep a 
man's person or state in safety. For all 
these. Opinion will be a proctor. 

4. The fourth is one Master Subtilty. 4. s 

His wit being attended on by little con- J^**" - 
science of the truth. This man cometh 
with his distinctions, to clear an act from 
sin. Thus with his latria and doulia. he 
will have idolatry no idolatry ; so with 
his biting and not biting, and lending to 
the rich upon use. but not to a needy 
brother,, damned usury must be no sin. 
This subtilty of wit. with a cheverel con- 
science, rnaketh foul sins to pass along as 
no sins. 

5. The fifth is called Custom. This old 5. Cnaom, 
sire patronizeth many vain and sinful ^^ rifcfi l 
practices. By this the Jews held it no Matt. -27.1s. 
sin in them to demand, and in Pilate to jol n is- 39, 
let loose to them, a wicked Bar abbas : 40 - 

one worthy to die for insurrection and 
murder. 

6. The sixth is a Popi>h fellow, called &. Forefa- 
Forefathers. He advanceth his ancestors. lheR 



16 THF ISLE OF MAN. 

and their worth, and thinketh so well of 
them, that to imitate them is no sin. Thus 
John 4. 10. £j ie Samaritans justified their false worship. 
7 Power ^. The seven th is one Sir Power. He 

how a friend maketh ever that warrantable which law 
establisheth, ordaineth and decreeth. Great 
and capital sins, in the Romish synagogue, 
are thus countenanced, 
s. Sampler, 8. The eighth is Sir Sampler; who 
t'o sin/ rleIld P r oduceth for patterns, great mens and 
learned men's examples, as if they could 
Jer.44. n. not do amiss : but whatsoever they do or 
say, it must be good and lawful, and there- 
fore imitable without sin. 
9. Most-do, 9. The ninth is Sir Most-do ; who 
to sin. aenC maintaineth sin from a general practice, 
because multitudes do it here, and there, 
and every where ; and therefore no sin to 
do such a thing, which almost all, or the 
greatest part do. 
io. Silly, 1^ # The tenth is one Sir Silly : one 

how a friend made all of good meaning, who will qualify 
the fact by thinking no harm, or intending 
well. Thus would Saul have justified his 
i Sam. is. is. rebellion, and Abimelech excused his tak- 
Gen. 20. 5. m g f Abraham's wife. And thus vain 
persons excuse their wanton communica- 
tion, lascivious songs, foolish jestings, and 
such like ; saying, they mean no harm, 
they only make themselves merry. Thus 
Sir Silly is he that maketh simple souls 
plead good meaning for all their foolish 



THE ISLE OF MAX. 17 

superstitions, blind devotions, and licen- 
tious merriments. 

11. The eleventh is Vain Hope, This I! - Vain 
teaeheth to put off the fault to some other ; f r \ew\t^m. 
as Adam to Eve, and Eve to the serpent; Gen.3.&4. 
and to deny the fact, as Cain did, even to 

God himself; hereby hoping to shift off 
sin, and to escape punishment ; who mak- 
eth. God all of mercy. 

12. The twelfth is the Lord Presump- 12, p,e ~ 

xx n l • tit sumption, 

twn. He ieareth not judgment, he bless- bow a friend 
eth himself in his evil ways ; he maketh a ftjL 1 ? -.,„ 

«j ? ueui. till. 

covenant with Death, and a league with 
Hell, and suffers Sin to be his daily guest ; i?a. 28. 15, 
and will let the Hue-and-cry pass along i6 ' 
without any fear of peril, as nothing at all 
concerning him. 

13. The thirteenth is Sir Wilful, hating *^ w £ f,,! * 
to be reformed. This is an obstinate to sin. ' * 
friend for Sin, who will wilfully defend it, 

and be careless of all reproofs. This fel- 
low, in contempt, will tread down the Hue- 
and-cry under his feet, and maintain Sin. 

14. The fourteenth is Sir Saintlike : J*. Saintlike 

, . , , -. ill n " ow a friend 

which under the shew and shadow ot to sin. 
piety, and pretended honesty, will cover 
much iniquity, and hide it for a time, that 
it be not taken by the pursuer with the 
Hue-and-cry. Such were the hypocri- 
tical Scribes and Pharisees. 

These great ones, and many other 
more, are the friends of thi ■? thief and 
c 2 



18 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

rebel. But yet, for all these favourites, 
Godiy-jea- Godly -jealousy espies him out, and his 
not be de- harbour ; and presently goeth to a Justice 
these? by °^ ^ ie P eace to procure a warrant to at- 
tach him, and all his companions with him. 
Lord chief The Justice is not one of a mean rank, 
or any petty justice ; but the very Lord 
Chief Justice of heaven and earth, the 
Lord Jesus ; for it is he that can give 
the warrant to attach Sin ; no other war- 
rant will Sin obey. 
Warrant, The Warrant is the power of God's 

and the form word. The form of which warrant is, (as 
you see in my text) to search out and at- 
tach Sin with all his associates, and to 
bring him and them before authority, to 
answer to such things as shall be objected 
against them, in his Majesty the King of 
heaven's behalf. 

The procuring of this warrant, is by 

going unto, and conferring with some of 

fo'thTLord tne Lord Chief Justice s Secretaries, the 

chief Jos- writers of holy Scriptures, setting down 

tlce ' this charge, as Jeremiah doth here ; ' to 

search and try our ways.' 

This warrant procured, Godly-jealousy 
taketh and carrieth to an officer, which 
hath authority to make search and attach i 
Sin. 
The officer This officer, without which Sin neither 
to attach sin, can, nor indeed will be attached, is Vnder- 
standing, standing, who knoweth what Sin is. 



THE ISLE OF .MAN. 19 

Now as there be four sorts of officers , 

which may attaeli felons by warrant, the ' - 
Deputy Constable, the Tithing-man, the 

Petty Constable, and the Head Constable ; 
so is the spiritual officer fourfold. 

1. The Deputy Constable is commonly 1. Dc 
some neighbour, entreated to perform the l 
office in the other's absence. This is the 
very shadow of a constable, and will not 
willingly intermeddle in any thing ; so as 
the people where he dwells, may do, for 
all him. what they list. 

This Deputy Constable, in this spiritual 
Township, is the Understanding darkened, j n ' 
the son of Ignorance, and grandchild of e J}~> 
Blindness of heart : this is a blind con- 1 5 oh. 2. 11. 
stable, and hath never an eye to see with. 

This surfers all disorder in the whole Ephes. 4. is, 
man, or Soul-township. Here be such as ^; e evi | a 
be alienated from the life of God; past nnder . il , 

p ,. . ■_ 11 i • committed. 

feeling, given over to work all uncleanness 
with greediness. All the affections are 
quite out of order, and no care taken for 
their reformation : for this foolish fellow 
employeth himself about his grounds, cat- 
tle, sheep, and oxen ; about buying and 
selling : as for the estate of his soul, he is 
to it a very stranger. He knows the price 
of corn, oxen, and sheep ; but what is the 
excellency of virtue, what the evil of vice, 
what the price of his souk he neither 
knows nor cares to know. 



20 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



2. Tithing- 
man. 



Gross-un. 
derstanding 
and the e\il 
thereof. 
2 Pet. I. 9. 



2. The Tithing-man, which commonly 
is a mean fellow, and so contemptible, as 
few or none care for him. And therefore 
hereupon is very little or no reformation 
where he hath his dwelling. If any 
amendment be sought, it is only for some 
notorious, shameful misdemeanours, and 
he must be much called upon for this too, 
else no reformation thereof; and as for 
many other offences, there is no care had 
at all. 

This Tithing-man is Gross-understand- 
ing ; like one purblind, who cannot see 
afar off, but only gross transgressions for- 
bidden in the law, according to the sound 
of the bare letter only ; as theft, murder, 
adultery, and so forth. The spiritual 
meaning and large extent of the command- 
ment, he is wholly ignorant of. This 
purblind Tithing-man suffers a number 
of disorders in his township, and must be 
much urged to see very gross and foul 
misdemeanours ; else will he not seek to 
reform them. 

3. The Petty Constable, which is some 
civil, honest man of the parish, and per- 
haps hath some country learning : but yet 
is an one-eyed fellow, half-sighted, and so 
passeth by many faults. 

This Petty Constable is the Under- 
whatcieared. standing somewhat cleared : he hath an 
insight into the moral law, who by civil 



3- Petty 

Constable 



Understand- 



THE ISLE OF MAN 21 

education, some art and learning, ami an 
outward form of religion, and reading in 
the Bible now and then, can speak of the 
Gospel historically, and prettily discourse 
of religion. 

But this his knowledge is only super- 
ficial ; for neither in the common law, 
which is the law moral ; neither in the 
statute law, the law of the Gospel, or law 
of liberty, is he any professed student. He 
is no Inns-of- Court-Man; never brought 
up in the Inner Temple. He maketh 
neither the common nor statute law his 
profession. 

As he is no student in these, so he is no A mere civil 
practitioner ; but only aimeth at civil be- honest man, 

r i , i jt j who and 

naviour, common honesty, and careth to %V hatanone. 
be held only a Christian at large, and to 
profess the religion of the present state, 
without any more curious endeavours to 
proceed further to find out the power of 
religion. 

Therefore where this kind of under- What he 
standing dwelleth, there care is had only ^ 1 t ^ look " 
to see to disorders against civil honesty 
and common moral duties, and against 
courses apparently dangerous to his out- 
ward estate ; and those things which may 
offend the most or the greatest sort 
amongst men. This half-sighted Consta- 
ble, a superficial fellow in divine truth, 
aimeth at no more. 



22 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

What^Bjos The sinner immediately against God, 
not. a and against his gospel ; as unbelief, im- 

patience, pride, disdain, envy at other 
men's gifts, presumption of God's mercy, 
abuse of his favours, and many such, he 
taketh no notice of; but permitteth them 
to live where he hath to do, without con- 
troul. 
4. chief- 4. The Head or Chief Constable is a 

constable. man o ^ r ight and good understanding, 
knowing his office, and the duties thereto 
belonging, with care and conscience to 
discharge the same ; for he is studious in 
both laws, and a good practitioner therein. 
illuminated This Chief Constable is Illuminated 
inland "the Understanding : this is one that hath both 
excellency his eyes to see with, of nature and of 
grace ; he is well read, both in the com- 
mon law, the law moral ; and the statute 
law, the law of liberty, the Gospel of 
Christ; he hath been a long practitioner 
in both, and is called the spiritual man, 
who can discern and judge of all things. 
j cor. 2. The place of his common abode and 

uon'isRe- dwelling, is in Regeneration, a very 
generation, healthful, comfortable, and commodious 
habitation. He is no straggler, but loveth 
to keep home, and to look to his office. 
His family. He Da th an excellent family ; his wife 
is called Grace ; his two sons, Will and 
Obedience ; his three daughters, Faith, 
Hope, and Charity ; his two servants, 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 23 

Humility and Self-denial ; and his two 
maids. Temperance for his summer-house 
I of prosperity, and Patience for his winter- 
house of adversity. 

This Chief Constable, where he dwells, The s°od he 
keepeth very good order ; he suffereth 
not the rebel, Sin, to rule and swagger in 
the township of his soul. 

If drunkenness, as once in Noah ; or 
adultery, as once in David ; or pride of 
heart, as once in Hezekiah ; or envy, as 
once in Miriam ; or such like, happen to 
be found where he hath to do, he speedily 
sendeth them packing. For though they 
may at unawares, perhaps, creep in, and 
be found where he dwelleth, in some street 
of this town, yet they get there no abiding 
place : though he cannot ever and at all 
times prevent their creeping in, yet he al- 
ways taketh care that they settle not them- 
selves where he hath to do, but will dis- 
lodge them wheresoever he shall find 
them : for he is very careful in his office 
to discharge it to the utmost. 

This Chief Constable is he to whom 
Godly -jealousy bringeth his warrant, to 
seek out the rebel, Sin, and to attach him. W hkh S ap- at 

This Constable having received the war- prebendeth 
rant, presently addresseth himself to make * which 
the search. But for that Sin is master- ^ n a t nt c e - n 
ful (especially every* capital sin, which is comitaiu, 
attended on by many other,) and will not ^euTstn. 



24 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

easily submit, but dare 'make opposition 

against authority, till he be overmastered : 

therefore this man takes with him sufficient 

company, to watch Sin for escaping, to 

go very strongly to attach him, and to 

hold him when they have him, so as never 

a friend may dare to side with him. 

Aidants, First, he taketh his own two servants, 

Two ser- Humility and Self-denial, which ever, in 

every search, necessarily attend him. 

Then going together, he calleth upon 

Neighbour, his next neighbour, Godly-sorrow, with 

row.aiuThis his seven sons, ready to bear them com- 

feeven sons. pany. 2 Cor. vii. 11. 

1. Care. The first of these is Care ; to find out 

Sin, that it may not be hid. 

2. clearing. The second is Clearing ; which, when 

he espieth Sin, will not wink thereat, nor 
partake with it. 
indigna- The third is Indignation ; a fierce fel- 
low, which can never look upon any sin, 
but with a godly anger. 

4. Fear. The fourth is Fear ; not natural or 

dastardly fear, nor servile fear, all too 
base-minded to attach Sin ; but such a 
fear as maketh him to stand in awe of God 
rejecting all fellowship with the wicked 
and partakers with Sin. 

s.vehement The fifth is Vehement Desire ; to ap- 

desire. 

prehend Sin, to be in God's favour, in 
love with the godly, and free from his own 
corruptions. This is a stirring fellow. 



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THE ISLE OF MAN. 



39 



11. In the bed of Sorrow, lie Worldly Sorrow's 
Grief, Un quietness, Murmuring, Discon- bedfellows - 
tentedness ; and such like. 

The Bed which they lie upon is Impe- The Bed is 
nitency, and the coverings are Hardness C y. P fhe e two 
of Heart, and Carnal Security ; in which coverings. 
they lie carelessly, till the Chief Constable 
come upon them, and attach them all 
one after another, the greater villains, 
and the lesser thieves, not sparing any : 
he feareth not to attach the capital, 
neither passeth he by any of their meanest 
associates. 

The attaching of Sin is nothing else Whatthent- 
but the apprehension of God's wrath, sS 1 ™. 8 of 
striking us with fear through the terror of 
the law, and our guiltiness of the breach 
thereof. 

For in this spiritual attaching, it is as 
in the attaching of felons, who, knowing 
themselves guilty of the breach of the 
laws, are stricken with fear, in their ap- 
prehension of death, w T hich they know 
they cannot escape. 

These thieves thus apprehended, the 
Constable carrieth them to the next Jus- 
tice, by authority of his warrant. 

The Justice is Well-informed Judgment, Justice is 
able to examine every malefactor, that is, ^ jSJjST 
every Sin, brought before him. m ent. 

A Justice of Peace must be a man of What a 
wisdom and experience : so this spiritual should 6 be. 



40 THE ISLE OF MAX. 

Justice must be a judgment well-inform- 
ed in wisdom and discretion, wisely to 
proceed against Sin. 

It is meet that a Justice be learned in 
the laws, to know how to proceed legal- 
ly : so, must this spiritual Justice be 
learned both in the law and gospel, to 
know what Sins are committed against 
either of them, and thereafter to proceed. 
A Justice is commonly to be one in 
that country where he is an inhabitant : 
so this Justice must be every man's well- 
informed judgment within himself, not 
another man's : for it is not another man's 
judgment that can sit down in his soul, to 
try and examine his heart and ways, but 
1 Cor. 2. ii. his own judgment. " For who knoweth 
what is in man, saving the spirit of a man 
which is in man." 
What his The Justice's office is to preserve 

office is. peace, and to see the laws observed, and 
to see to the suppressing of all disorders, 
riots, robberies, and conspiracies ; also 
to take order for all vagabonds, stout 
and sturdy beggars ; yea, to see the refor- 
mation of all unlawful gaming, and every 
misdemeanor whatsoever, by law pro- 
hibited ; contrary to the peace of our 
Sovereign Lord the King, and the quiet 
What Weil of the w r eal public. So this spiritual 
Indkmemis J ust i ce > his office is to see peace kept be- 
to do. tween God and himself; to see the laws of 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 41 

God observed, and to see all disorders in 
his soul, as vagrant thoughts, sturdy reso- 
lutions, riotous behaviour, every misde- 
meanor in thought, word, and deed, for- 
bidden by God's law, contrary to the 
peace of a good conscience, and the quiet 
of the soul ; contrary to the dignities of a 
Christian, and the honour of our Sove- 
reign Lord the King, Christ Jesus. 

When a malefactor is brought before a How to deal 
Justice, the Justice is first to examine him, faeto?. ma]e " 
then to set the charge down, then to bind 
some over to prosecute against the felon 
at the assizes, and lastly, in the mean 
time to send him to the gaol, if he be 
not bailable. 

First, He is (as it is said) to examine 1st. Exa- 
the party apprehended and brought before mine * 
him, and to demand his name ; then to in- 
quire after the fact and the nature of it, 
with the occasions, causes, and degrees, 
with the associates, evident signs, the 
fruits and effects thereof ; so this spiritual Examine 
Justice is to examine Sin. s»» in ei s ht 

1. To know the name and nature i. Name and 
thereof, and to what commandment it be- Rature * 
longeth, so that he may consider what 
statute of God is broken. 

2. What were the occasions offered. 2 Occasion. 

3. What were the causes moving there- 3. Causes. 
to. As envy in the Jews to put Christ 

to death, and in Cain to kill Abel, 
e 3 



tance. 



42 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

4. Kind*. 4. What are the several sorts under 

one and the same capital sin. As under 
theft, covetousness ; under adultery, for- 
nication, &c. 

5. Degrees. 5. What be the degrees in the same sin* 

As in stealing, not from the rich, but from 
the poor ; not from a stranger, but from 
a Christian brother, from father and mo- 
ther. So committing uncleanness, not 
only with one of no kin, but with one nigh 
in blood : hi killing not an unknown per- 
son, but against nature, his father, mother, 
his wife, his child, himself. 

6. concomi. 6. What sins accompanied the same. 
As the making of Uriah drunk, and the 
murdering of him, accompanied David's 
adultery. 

7. Signs. 7. What are i\\e signs thereof. As the 

wanton eye, filthy speech, &c, are signs 
of adultery : all such ornaments and 
vanities of which Isaiah speaketh, are 
ensigns of pride. 
s. Fmits. 8- What fruits and effects did follow 

thereupon. As from will-worship and 
idolatry, cometh ignorance of God : from 
this, liberty to sin; from this, obstinacy ; 
from this, contempt of God's true worship, 
and sincere professors thereof. 
2<ii>. Write Secondly. In examining, the Justice is 
theexami- £ se £ d owll the examination and confes- 
sion of the party. So this spiritual Jus- 
tice, after he hath thus examined his ways« 



nation. 



rm: tSLE OF MAN. 43 

he is to set it down. This is a serious 
consideration of all his sins and offences, 
and such a remembrance of them, as may 
make a man to forsake them, and to turn 
his feet unto God's statutes, as David did. Psa. 119. 
The examination, without this, will be in 56, 
effect as nothing : this must not therefore 
be omitted. 

Thirdly. The Justice is to bind some 3>diy. Bind 
over to prosecute against the felon, at the over " 
next assizes and gaol-delivery. So doth 
this spiritual Justice bind over True He- True Repen- 
pentance to follow the law, and to give tancefoijowi 

" . , . i • /• 7 o _ . <? . Sin to the 

evidence against this jelon IS in ; which he death, 
is very ready to do ; for it cannot be (if 
a man's judgment be well informed, upon 
serious examination, with a careful and 
considerate remembrance of all his sins,) 
but that he must needs be made sorrowful 
for them, and upon true repentance, pur- 
sue them to the death with a deadly 
hatred. 

Fourthly. The Justice finding the of- 4thiy. The 
fender not bailable by law, he maketh his Mittimus - 
mittimus to send him to the gaol, there to 
be in durance to the next assizes. So 
this spiritual Justice doth ; for he knows r . g. 23. 
by the law of God, that the reward of Sin Gen - 2 - ir - 
(of what kind or degree soever, greater 
or less, though but in thought), is not 
bailable by any man. No man is able to Ezek.i. so- 
answer to God for the least deviation from Ga".V 7 ' 



44 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



Psa. 49- 

7, 8. 



Mittimus. 



Chief Gaol- 
er, Master 
Newman. 



Eph. 4. 24. 



Sheriff is 
True Reli- 
gion. 

U rider-She- 
riff, Holy 
Resolution. 



Gaol is Sub 
jection. 



God's law ; for if he continue not in all 
things which God commandeth, he is ac- 
cursed. 

Therefore none being sufficient to lay 
in bail to answer God for the Sin, nor 
Sin in itself bailable, he maketh his mit- 
timus, and delivereth it into the Con- 
stables hand, to carry him to the gaol. 

The Constable, you have heard, is 
Illuminated Understanding. 

The mittimus given him, is the active 
power of the well-informed judgment, 
forcing the exercise of the understanding 
against Sin, to find out remedies to keep 
it under. 

The Chief Gaoler is Master Newman, 
placed over the prisoners, and made the 
gaol-keeper by the Sheriff; for the prison 
is his, and he is to answer the King for 
them. 

The Sheriff is True Religion wrought 
in man's soul. 

The Under-Sheriff is an Holy Resolu- 
tion to perform what the Sheriff command- 
eth, and what he is by his office to do. 

If any prisoner, Sin, break out, the 
Sheriff, Religion, must bear the blame, 
saying, This is your Religion, is it ? 

The Gaol is Subjection: for saith the 
Apostle, (as if he were the gaoler) / keep 
under : here is the keeper : my body, here 
is the prisoner ; and bring it in subjection; 



rHE ISLE OF MAN. 



45 



here is the prison. When Sin is brought 
under subjection, that it doth no more 
reign, (as it doth in all natural men, but 
not in the regenerate,) then it is put in 
prison, but not before. 

Now the Chief Gaoler, Master New- Three Un- 
man, hath with him three Under- Gaolers, derGaolerg - 
to look well to the prisoners, and all little 
enough ; they be so many and exorbitantly 
unruly, ready to break out of prison 
daily, if they be not diligently watched. 

This Master Netvman's three Under- 
gaolers, are his hands, his eyes, and his 
feet, without which he can do nothing ; 
and they are these which are named by Eph. 4.4. 
St. Paul in his epistles. CoL3 ' 10 - 

1. Is Saving Knoiuledge. This looks i. Know- 
to these sorts of prisoners ; Ignorance p^loneTi'tje 
especially, Wilful Error, Vain Opinions, looks unto. 
Jangling, Sophistry, False Doctrine, Here- 
sies, Doctrine of Devils; and suchlike. 

2. Is True Holiness. He looketh to 2. Holiness, 
all the transgressors of the first table ; as J^g^he 
to Atheism, Paganism, Judaism, un- seeth to. 
belief, desperation, presumption, confi- Jp * 2 * A " 
dence in strength, riches, places, policy, 

&c. ; so also to will- worship, with mere 
outward service without the inward, and 
all corruptions of God's worship ; likewise 
to blasphemy, rash swearing, false swear- 
ing, cursing, idle talking, a vicious iife^ 
contempt of God's word and works. Lastly? 



46 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

to sabbath-breaking, neglect of public 

worship, profaneness, persecution of the 

truth, and to an infinite number of other 

sins against God and true holiness. 

3. Righte- 3. I s Righteousness. This looks to all 

what prison- the sins against the second table; as to 

ers he r takes rebellion, disobedience, murder, malice, 

care of» 

adultery, fornication, and theft, &c. to 
false-witness-bearing, to backbitings, to 
discontentment, and to all other trans- 
gressions, many and manifold, compre- 
hended under these commandments. 
Sins be un- Now because these prisoners be unru- 
ruiy. ]y ? jf there be not a strict hand kept over 

them ; therefore, lest they should at un- 
awares break forth, to the danger of the 
Sheriff, Religion; the Gaoler, MasteriVew- 
man, hath fetters, bolts, and manacles, 
to hold them in, and to have them at 
command. 
spiritual And they are these : respect unto the 

?ers. s an C " commandments of God in all our ways; 
holy meditations, lawful vows, religious 
fasting, fervent prayer, and consciencious 
practice of our Christian duties to God 
and man. All these are strong chains 
and links, to keep under and to fetter the 
body of Sin, and all the fruits thereof, and 
to hold them in subjection, to keep the 
whole man in obedience unto God, when 
they be fastened and knocked on by the 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 47 

hammer of God's word, and the effectual Go( !' s word 

an hammer. 

power thereof. Jer. 23.29. 

But it is not enough thus to imprison 
them and to see them bolted, and thus fet- 
tered, but also for him to see the prison be Prison to be 
strong : for the prisons of the best keeper seen t0, 
that ever were, have been broken. Drunk- 
enness brake out from Noah ; rash and 
unadvised speeches from Moses ; idolatry 
from Solomon ; adultery from David; 
cursing and false-swearing from Peter. 

Therefore the Gaoler, Master Newman, Doors of the 
must look daily to the prisoners, and to g™5SJkeS 
see the prison-house sure, and to do with several 
this, keys " 

1st. He must see the doors, which are 
his senses, to be shut, and to have a care 
to lock up Taste (that Drunkenness and 
Gluttony break not out,) with the key of 
moderation in eating and drinking. To 
lock up Hearing, (that Credulity break 
not out,) with the key of trying before we 
trust. To lock up Seeing, (that Unclean- 
ness break not out,) with the key of con- 
tinency ; and to bar this door fast also 
with contentment, that Co vetousness break 
not forth. 

2ndly. In the next place he must take Lewd com- 
heed that no lewd companions lurk about pa nion >- 
the prison-house, either by day or by 
night, lest they cast in files, to file off 



48 



THE ISLE OF MAX. 






the bolts ; or picklocks to open the doors, 
to let. the prisoners escape. 

These lewd companions are the devil, 
the wicked, and our own corrupted rea- 
Fiiea and son. Their files and picklocks are sug- 
pickiocks. g es tions from Satan, evil counsel from 
men, worldly and fleshy arguments of our 
own inventions, to make no conscience of 
Sin, but to file off all those bolts, and to 
open the doors of senses, that Sin may 
break loose and get out of subjection, to 
the gaoler's overthrow and utter undoing, 
if diligent watch be not kept. 
Wails, 3rdly. He must see to the walls of the 

bolu e ° f prison, that they be strongly built with 
good stones cemented together. These 
are moral virtues, and evangelical graces, 
by which, as by Avails, our Sins and our 
natural corruptions are kept in. Though 
Master Newman lock and bar the doors, 
yet if the walls be weak, the prisoners 
may get out. 
Foundation 4thly. And lastly, He must look well 
Hon! Jec to the foundation of the house, that it be 
Rum. 6. no t undermined. The true foundation 
of subjection of Sin, is the power of the 
death of Christ, and of his resurrection, 
into whom by faith through the opera- 
tion of his Spirit, by the word, we are in- 
grafted. 

This must not be undermined bv the 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 49 

Popish doctrine of free-will, and abilities 
of ourselves to over-master Sin. 

All these things well and diligently 
looked unto, the prisoners will be kept 
safe in the gaol under Master Neivma7i y 
until the time of the assizes. 

And thus much for the first part of my 
text; the searching, the attaching, and 
imprisoning of Sin. The other part, 
which is the trial, followeth. 



THE 



ISLE OF MAN. 



PART II. 



At the time of Assizes, by the King's Assizes, the 
appointment, cometh the Judge, attended timeoflriaI - 
on by the Sheriff, the Justices of the 
Peace, and such as necessarily are to be 
there, for the dispatch of such business 
as come to be tried and adjudged. 

The Judge coming in place, he hath 
his seat or bench, and being set, the com- 
mission is read. 

The Judge is a Judge of Oyer and 
Terminer in the circuit where he is ap- 
pointed to sit. The judgment here is 
absolute, without any appeal from his 
sentence. 

The Judge spiritually understood, at- judge is 
tended upon by Religion the Sheriff, and ConscKncc - 



OL } THE ISLE OF MAN. 

the Under-Sheriff, Resolution, is Con- 
science. 

From this judgment is no appeal, for 

he is in God's stead ; therefore must his 

sentence stand, and we must submit 

to it. 

Bench isim- T] ie sea t or bench on which this Judge 

partiality. . . © 

sitteth, is Impartiality, bar Conscience 
well-informed, will judge in righteousness 
and truth, without all partiality, without 
respect of any person. He regardeth 
not the rich and mighty ; no bribe can 
blind him, neither doth he pity the per- 
son of the poor, to give for pity an 
unjust sentence ; but as the truth is, so 
speaketh he. 
Commis- The Commission is the active Power 

sion, active f Conscience, given of God bv-his word, 

power or -i m l • 

Conscience, to condemn the guilty, or to acquit the 
innocent, except this Commission be 
lost. 
Commission Sometimes it is lost, as when Consci- 
dead "sear- ence * s dead, as in all ignorant persons ; 
ed, or be. r seared with an hot iron, as some men's 
ofConscL SS have been and are; such as fall from the 
tnce. faith, and are past feeling, by reason of 

V T i im \ 4 \« the blindness of mind, and hardness of 

Eph. 4. 19. . . 

heart : or else benumbed, as m those that 
fall into some grievous sin, as did David, 
who lay therein, until Nathan found the 
2 Sam. 12. Commission, and acquainted him with it. 
when he said. Thou art the man. 



THE ISLE OF MAN. «Ji> 

If the Commission be lost, the power of 
Conscience lieth dead, seared, and be- 
numbed ; then the Judge can do nothing 
till it be found : and being found, it is read 
openly. 

The reading of this Commission before Reading the 
the whole county, is every man's experi- Conimlsslon 
mental knowledge of the power of Consci- 
ence ; by which is acknowledged his au- 
thority to sit as Judge over every thought, 
word, and deed of man. 

The Circuit of this Judge is his own Circuit, in 
Soul. He is not to sit and judge of other 8 W dence°^ 
men's thoughts, words, or deeds; but of andjudgeth. 
the thoughts, words, and deeds of that 
man, wherein he is. A man's own Con- 
science is Judge of himself; to judge ano- 
ther is out of his circuit : neither hath he 
any authority from the King of heaven to 
enable him so to do. Knowledge may go 
out to see and discern of other men's 
ways, but Conscience ever keepeth at 
home, and sits within to judge of that 
man's courses, whose Conscience he is. 
Conscience only troubles a man for his 
own Sins, it cannot for another man's ; 
but as far as he hath made them his 
own, and being accessary to them, by com- Accessaries 
manding, alluring, counselling, commend- 
ing, excusing, defending, winking thereat, 
when he ought by his place to have pu- 
nished the same. 

f 3 



54 THE ISLE OF MAX. 

Oyer and The Judge iii this circuit is Judge of 

Terminer. Oyer and Terminer; he will hear before 
he doth judge, and he will truly then 
judge as he heareth ; for as he is impar- 
tial in judging, so is he prudent and care- 
ful to know what and whereof to give 
sentence, before he doth judge. This is 
the Judge. 
justices of The Justices of Peace in the county are 
Peace. there, and do sit with the Judge, and are 
in commission with him. Of these some 
, are of the quorum, and of better rank ; 

Justices ot l 7 iii* 

the quorum, some are meaner Justices, and take their 
place lower. 

The Justices of Peace in the soul of 
better rank, are Science, Prudence, Pro- 
vidence, Sapience. The inferiors are Weak 
Wit, Common Apprehension, and some 
such like. 
The These justices have their Clerks there 

clerks? ready with their examinations and recog- 
nizances. Justice Science, his clerk is 
Discourse : Justice Prudence, his clerk is 
Circumspection : Justice Providence, his 
clerk is Diligence : Justice Sapience, his 
clerk is Experience : Justice Weak Wit, 
his clerk is Conceit; and Justice Common 
Apprehension, his clerk is only Sense, a 
couple of poor Justices. 

With the Judge and Chief Justices are 
in commission, the King's Sergeant; and 
the King's Attorney. 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 55 

The King's Sergeant is Divine Reason; King'i 
| man of deep judgment in the laws of his ' er s eant ' 
Sovereign, swaying much with the Judge. 

The King's Attorney is Quick- sighted- King's 
ness ; both are excellemVlielps and assis- Atu,ine >- 
tants to search out, and to handle a cause 
before Judge Conscience, j 

For Quick-si 'glitedness " will soon espy 
an error in pleading, and Divine Reason 
will enforce a just conclusion, and so move 
the Judge to give sentence according to 
equity and right. If these should be 
wanting, many matters would go amiss. 

There is also the Clerk of the Assizes, oierk of 
the keeper of the writs, that hath all the Assizes. 
enditements. 

This Clerk is Memory^ which retaineth Memory. 
all those names of every sin, with the na- 
ture of the offence : and what God hath 
in his word written against them, and 
what complaints Repentance hath made 
against them. 

Besides this Clerk, there is the Clerk Clerk of Ar- 
of the Arraignment, who readeth the en- rai § nment - 
ditements. 

This Clerk is the Tongue, making con- Tongue. 
fession of our sins. 

Lastly, there is the Crier. Crier. 

This is the Manifestation of the Spirit. 
Before the Clerk of the Arraignment 
readeth an enditement, it is first framed by 
'he Complainant, 



: 



56 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

com plain- This Complainant is true Repentance or 

-tRepent. godly gonw . 

Framing of The framing of the enditement, is th 
men? nd,te l a y m £ open of sin, as it may be known 
and found out to be sin, according to the 
true nature thereof. 
Grand Jury. Moreover, an Inquest, or Grand Jury, 
there must be, by whose verdict the of- 
fender is endited, and made a lawful pri- 
soner ; yet is this enditement no convic- 
tion. What these agree upon, is delivered 
up in writing to the Justices. On the 
back of this enditement, framed by the 
complainant, they write either Ignoramus, 
or Billa vera. 
ignoramus, If the former, then the complaint is 
Biiia vera, judged false ; it is left in record, but the 
prisoner is not endited. 

If the latter, the prisoner is endited, 

the enditement read, and the prisoner 

brought to the trial at the bar. 

Penmen of This Grand Inquest, or Jury, are the 

arTthe^ 5 Holy men of God, whose writings are the 

Grand jury. Holy Scriptures in the Old and New 

Testament. 

By the verdict of these, every thought, 
word, and deed of man, is either freed, or 
made a lawful prisoner. 

But yet this Verdict is no lawful con- 
viction of particular men, till they be 
rightly applied. 

If they write upon the enditement, or 



THE ISLE OF MAX. 57 

Bill trained, Ignoramus; that is, if the What God's 
Holy Scriptures of God declare it not to ™ s™!T 
be a sin, it is no sin : for Where there is no Sin. 
no laic, there is no transgression. Not the °" 4 ' 
complaints of all under heaven, not all the 
laws of men, decrees of councils, command- 
ments of Popes, can make that a sin, 
which they write Ignoramus upon. 

Therefore the Bills of Enditement False infor- 
framed by those false informers before- {^"j^' bat 
mentioned, Formality, Worldly Wisdom, 
Lukewarmness, Mere Civil Honesty, 
Scrupulosity, and Papistry, against Chris- 
tian Conference, Godly Sincerity, True 
Zeal, Godly Conversation, Holy hiving, 
and the rest, are false accusers, and have 
upon their complaints, written by the 
Grand Inquest, an Ignoramus ; and 
therefore by these worthy Justices, 
Justice Science, Justice Prudence, Justice 
Providence, and Justice Sapience, are not 
to be admitted ; nor Judge Conscience to 
be troubled therewith ; though all the 
Popes, the whole Popish Church, all 
Popish Councils, and all the Popishly- 
affected Statists in the world plead for 
them ; for that thought, word, or deed, is 
no Six, no breach of God's law, on which 
these w r rite Ignoramus ; Conscience (as 
it is said) is not to be troubled with such 
bills of complaint. 

But if these write Billa vera; that is, 



68 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

That which if the Holy Penman have set down any 

id'by God? thought, word, or deed, for a Sin ; not all 

cannot be the Pope's dispensations and pardons ; 

wXby man not all the subtle distinctions of the most 

learned ; no custom, nor any thing else 

whatsoever, can acquit it from Sin, but 

Sin it is, and so must it be taken as a 

lawful prisoner, to be brought to the bar, 

and put upon the Jury of life and death. 

The Bill being found true, then they 
proceed unto the arraignment. 
Prisoners' The Prisoners are brought forth chain- 
Sln5, ed together, and set to the bar before the 

Judge. 

The Prisoners are Sins, (as you 
have heard before) the Old-man, with 
Mistress Heart, her Maids, and Will, 
her man. 
Bringing Their Bringing forth is the manifesta- 

fovih ' tion thereof by the Gaoler, Master New- 

man, Knowledge, Holiness, and Righ- 
teousness. 

chained. They are chained ; for Sins are linked 

together, as Adultery and Murder in 
David ; Pride, with Hatred of Mordecai, 
in Haman; Covetousness and Treason in 
Judas ; Covetousness, Hypocrisy, and 
Lying in Ananias and Sapphira ; yea, the 
breach of all the commandments in the fall 
of Adam and Eve. They therefore are 
brought out chained together. 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 59 

The Bar is the Apprehension of God's The Bar. 
Wrath due for sin. 

After all this, when the Prisoner stand- 
eth at the Bar, a Jury for life and death 
is impannelled, who are for the King, and 
are sworn to give in a true Verdict, ac- 
cording to their Evidence. 

This Jury is a chosen company of ex- Petty Jury. 
cellent Virtues, the fruits of the Spirit, de- 
livered in by the Sheriff Religion to be 
called, and to be of his Jury in behalf of 
the King's Majesty, Jesus Christ, to 
go upon the prisoners, the Fruits of the 
Flesh, which stand at the Bar. 

Their names being given up, they are j ury called 
called, as the Clerk of the Arraignment, b > name - 
the Tongue, nameth them. Then the 
Crier, Manifestation of the Spirit, calleth 
them one by one to appear, as the Clerk 
nameth them ; and they are these : 

1. Call Faith. Crier : Have you Faith, Acts 15. 9. 
which purgeth the heart ? 

2. Call Love of God. Crier : Have John 5. 5. 
you the Love of God, which is the keeping 

of the commandments ? 

3. Call Fear of God. Crier: Have P^. 1.7. 
you the Fear of God, which is the be- 
ginning of wisdom? 

4. Call Charity. Crier: Have you 1 Cor. 13.6 
Charity, which rejoiceth in the truth ? 

5. Call Sincerity. Crier: Have you John i.4r. 



60 THE ISLE OF MAX. 

Sincerity, which makes a true Israelite, in 

whom there is no guile ? 
Acts 1. u. 6. Call Unity. Crier : Have you Unity, 
Eph. 4. 3. which maketh men to be of one heart, and 

is the bond of peace ? 
Rom 5 4. 7. Call Patience. Crier: Have you 

Patience, which worketh experience, and 

by which men possess their souls ? 

8. Call Innocency. Crier : Have you 
Innocency, which keepeth harmless ? 

9. Call Chastity. Crier: Have you 
Chastity, which keepeth undefiled ? 

10. Call Equity. Crier : Have you 
Equity, which doeth right to every man ? 

11. Call Verity. Crier: Have you 
Verity, which ever speaketh the truth ? 

12. Call Contentment. Crier : Have 
you Contentment, which ever rests sa- 
tisfied ? 

Then the Clerk saith, Count. 

And so the Crier saith unto them, An- 
swer to your names. 

Then the Clerk nameth them, and the 
Crier telleth or counteth them. 

Faith, one. Love of God, two. Fear 
of God, three. Charity, four. Sinceri- 
ty, five. Unity, six. Patience, seven. 
Innocency, eight. Chastity, nine. Equity, 
ten. Verity, eleven. Contentment, twelve. 

Then the Crier saith, Good men and 
true, stand together, and hear your charge. 



il! i: rSLE OF MAX. 61 

With all these graces should the soul of Graces 
man be endued to proceed against Sin, J^shtroid 
we should be able to say, that we have ail be qnali- 
them by the manifestation of God's Spirit, 
and also to know their power and virtue, 
and distinctly to be able to reckon them, 
and so wisely to esteem them, as the good 
and true gifts and graces of God ; which 
have a charge over them, which is every The charge, 
grace his proper gift, and all conjointly what it is. 
have power to discern of any Sin, and to 
give a just verdict thereupon. 

This Jury, thus called and empannelled, The Jnry 
are commanded to look upon the prisoners looks onthe 

, xl _ -o -i Prisoners. 

at the Bar arraigned. 

This is when we oppose virtues to vices 
in our meditation, that so by the excel- 
lency of the one, we may see the foulness 
of the other, and so come to the greater 
love of virtue, and to the more deep 
hatred of vice. This is the jury of virtues Jury of 
profitable, looking upon vices the Prisoners Vlrtnes - 
at the Bar. 

The prisoners, though they stand toge- 
ther, yet are they to answer one by one. 

So Sins must distinctly one by one be a distinct 
arraigned : for we cannot proceed against ^ g^ 6 ^ e 
Sin, but upon a particular knowledge cessary. 
thereof. 

A general, and so a confused notion of 
Sin, (which yet is that which is in most 
men.) will never make a man truly to see 

G 



t>2 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

how his estate standeth with Gon, and so 
to bring unto death. 

The Prisoners, at the sight of the Jury, 
and naming of them, have leave to chal- 
lenge any of them. If they can give good 
reasons against this or that man, they are 
put off the Jury, and others chosen in 
their stead. 
Jury chal- These Prisoners seeing such a Jury, 
lenged. presently begin to challenge them. 
What vir. Unbelief, he crieth out against Faith, 
v!ces a be in as his enemy. Hatred of God, against 
opposition, the Love of God, as his enemy. Pre- 
sumptuous sinning, against the Fear of 
God, as his enemy. Cruelty, against 
Charity, as his enemy. Hypocrisy, 
against Sincerity, as his enemy. Discord, 
against Unity, as his enemy. Anger, 
Rage, and Murdering, against Patience, 
as their enemy. Murdering, Fighting, 
and Quarrelling, against Innocency, as 
their enemy. Wantonness, Adultery, 
Fornication, and Uncleanness, cry out 
against Chastity, as their deadly enemy. 
Deceit, Theft, and Unjust Dealing, 
against honest Equity, as their enemy. 
Lying, Slanderi?ig, and False-ivitness- 
bearing, against Verity, as their mortal 
enemy. And lastly, Greedy Desire, 
Covetousness, and Discontentment, cry out 
against Contentment, as their enemy. 
All these together challenge the whole 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 63 

Jury, crying out and saying, Good my 

Lord, these men are not to be of the Jury 
against us ; for your Lordship knoweth 
very well, and none better, that they are 
all of them our deadly enemies. Your 
Honour knoweth that every one of them 
hath petitioned to the Lord Chief Justice virtue bind- 
very often and importunately, to bind us to°iiic P goo3 
all to good behaviour, and to cast us behaviour, 
into prison, as we have been by their 
means. They have made Master Newman 
the Keeper, and his Under-keepers, to deal 
very hardly with us. 

It is well known, my Lord, that Chas- 
tity procured Master Newman almost to 
famish Incontinence to death. Good my 
Lord, consider of us, these are our most 
bloody and cruel enemies : we appeal to 
your Lordship, to God and to all good 
men, that know both them and us, that 
it is so. 

Our humble suit to your Lordship The Prison- 
therefore is. that more indifferent persons ers ' petition 

' . i to the Judge. 

may be chosen to try us, else we are 
all but dead men. We do know, my 
Lord, that there are here many other of 
very good and great credit in the world, 
lit to be of this Jury, men very well 
known to your Lordship, and to Master 
Sheriff, and the worshipful Gentlemen. 
These are men of worth, mv Lord, of 



64 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

far more esteem every where than these 
mean men here, picked out designedly by 
Master Sheriff. These, my Lord, of the 
Jury, are men of small reckoning in the 
country. These live scattered here and 
there, almost without habitation, except 
in poor cottages ; so as we marvel, my 
Lord, how they can be brought in for 
Freeholders, hardly any one of them is of 
any account with men of great estates, and 
of worth in the land. Good, my Lord, 
consider of us. 

Then the Judge asketh them, what 

these men be of whom they speak, and 

what are their names ? 

indifferent Then they answer, My Lord, they 

Gentlemen. are thege . Master Naturalist, Master 

Doubting, Master Opinion, Master Care- 
less, Master Chiverel, Master Libertine, 
Master Laodicea?i, Master Temporizer, 
Master Politician, Master Outside, Mas- 
ter Ambodexter, and Master Neutrality, 
all, my Lord, very indifferent men be- 
twixt us and them ; gentlemen Free- 
holders, of great means : we beseech you, 
my Lord, to shew us some pity, that they 
may be of the Jury. 

The Judge informed by those worthy 
Justices of the Quorum concerning these 
men so named by the prisoners, and 
knowing the honesty and good credit of 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 65 

the chosen Jury; their exceptions against 
them are not admitted of, and so these in- 
different Gentlemen are passed by. 

The Clerk therefore is commanded to 
go forward, and then he readeth the en- 
ditement of every one in order, one after 
another, as they be called forth by name, 
and set to the Bar. 

The first which is called out, is the 
Old-man. 

Then saith the Clerk, Gaoler, set out Old-man 

Old-man tO the Bar. arraigned. 

Then he is brought to the Bar, and 
commanded to hold up his hand, and his 
enditement is read. 

Old-man, thou art endited here by the His Endite- 
name of Old-man, of the Town of Eves ment * 
Temptation, in the County of Adams 
Consent, that upon the day of Maris Fall 
in Paradise, when he was driven out, 
thou didst corrupt the whole nature of 
man, body and soul, loading all and every 
of his posterity, coming by generation, 
with the body of Sin, making him indis- 
posed to any thing that is good, averse 
to every holy duty, and polluting his 
best actions, but making him prone to all 
evil, bringing him captive to imperious 
lusts, and so causing him to live in conti- 
nual rebellion against God, contrary to the 
Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, 
Jesus Christ, his Crown and Dignity. 
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66 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

What sayest thou to it ? 
He pleads Not Guilty, and so puts him- 
self to the trial. 

Evidence. Then the Crier calleth for Evidence 
against the Prisoner. 

David. Then cometh forth David, whose Evi- 

ba * " ' dence is this : I ivas shapen in iniquity, 

and in sin hath my mother conceived me. 

Job 25. 4. Job's is this : He cannot he clean that is 

lea. 48. horn of a woman. Isaiah, his Evidence 
is, That all are transgressors from the 

Saint Paul, tvomb. Saint Paul's Evidence is most 
clear; for being asked what he could say, 
he answered, My Lord, this Old-man hath 
been the death of very many. I have 

Rom. 6. is. woeful experience of him, a wretched man 
hath he made me, he took occasion by the 
Commandment to tvork all concupiscence 

Rom. 7. 8. in me. He deceived me and slew me, 

is. 19. 23. wrought death in me, so that in my flesh 
dwelleth no good, but tvhen I would do 
good, evil is present tvith me, so that 
through him, the good I would do, 1 can- 
not, and the evil I hate, that I do ; he 
maketh war against the lata of my mind, 
and bringeth me into captivity to the law 
of Sin. Thus, my Lord, is in me the 
Body of Death, from which I desire to be 
delivered : and this is what I can say. 

The Evidence being thus clear, the 
Jury presently being all agreed, give in 

Vtrdict. their Verdict ; and being asked what they 



THE ISLE OF MAX. 

say of the Prisoner at the Bar, guilty or 
not, they answer, Guilty. 

Then he was asked what he could say 
for himself, why sentence should not be 
pronounced against him. 

Good, my Lord, saith he, I am wrong- Old man's 
fully accused, and am made the man I am plca ' 
not-; there is no such thing as Original 
Corruption. Pelagius, a learned man, with Pdagiu*. 
others, (who well enough know all these 
Evidences brought against me,) have hi- 
therto, and yet do maintain it, that Sin 
cometh by imitation, and not by propaga- 
tion, and inbred depravity. Good, my 
Lord, I beseech you, be good unto me, 
and cast not away so poor an Old-man, 
good, my Lord ; for I am at this day 5557 
years old. 

Then said the Judge ; Old-man, the 
Evidence is clear : those thou hast named 
are condemned Heretics ; and as for thy 
years, in respect of which thou cravest 
pity, it is a pity thou hast been suffered 
so long to do so great and so general a 
mischief as these good men do witness 
against thee. 

O my Lord, I beseech you then a Psalm 
of Mercy. 

Old-man, the law of the King allows 
thee not the benefit of the Clergy, for 
The reward of Sin is death. This is his r . 5. 33. 



a 



68 THE l.SLE OF MAN. 

Majesty's decree, unchangeable as the 
law of the Medes and Persians. 

object. Good, my Lord, that is meant only of 

actual Sin, and not of me. 

Answer. That is not so ; for Original Sin is Sin, 

and all men know, that children die, that 
never sinned by imitation, nor actually 
after the similitude of Adam's transgres- 

Roin. 5. sion, And death goeih over all, inasmuch 
as all have sinned. If sin were not 
infants, they could not die, hear therefore 
thy sentence. 

The Sen- Thou Old-man hast by that name been 

tence. endited of these Felonies, Outrages, and 

Murders, and for the same arraigned ; 
thou hast pleaded Not Guilty, and put 
thyself upon the trial, and art found 
Guilty; and having nothing justly to say 
for thyself, this is the law : thou shalt be 
carried back to the place of Execution, 

Eph 4. -i-2. and there be cast off, with all thy deeds, 

Coi. 3. 9. an d a ii thy members daily mortified and 
crucified with all thy lusts, of every one 
that hath truly put on Christ. 

This sentence pronounced, the Sheriff 
is commanded to do execution ; which 
Religion, by his Under- Sheriff Resolution, 
seeth thoroughly performed. 

Executioner The Executioner is he that hath put on 
Christ, Rom. v. 24. 

This Prisoner thus proceeded c 
the Gaoler is commanded to set out Mrs. 



THE ISLE OF MAX. 69 

Heart to the Bar, who is commanded to M . rs : Hcart 
hold up her hand, and then is her endite- 
ment read. 

Mrs. Heart, thou art here endited by Her enditc- 
the name of Mrs, Heart of Soul, in the menL 
County of the Isle of Man, that also upon 
the day of Man's fall in Paradise, thou Rom. 2. 5. 
becamest corrupted, accompanying the 
Old-man, and also Will thy man, and hast 
been so hardened that thou couldest not 
repent, and so blind that thou becamest 
past feeling, and hast made men to give Fph. 4. 
themselves over to all lasciviousness, to lJ ^ 25 
work all uncleanness, even with greedi- 
ness, to be also very slow to believe all 
that the Prophets have spoken : and to be 
so enraged with passion sometimes, as to 
run mercilessly on Innocents to murder 
them, and to cause men most cursedly to 
depart from the living God. Thou hast Acts 7. 54. 
been, and art also in confederacy with all 
and every evil thought, word, and deed, 
committed against God and man. Thou Ma ". i- 4. 
hast been a receptacle of all the abomina- 
tions of everv Sin whatsoever, and hast had { oha } 3 - *• 

D " . , ,. , Acts D. 3. 

conference with Satan to lie unto the 
Holy Ghost, and for greedy gain, at the 
devil's suggestion, hast set some on work 
to play the Traitors, to the shedding of John 13.2. 
the innocent blood of our Sovereign, con- 
trary to the Peace of the King, his Crown 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



and Dignity. What sayest thou to this 
enditement? Guilty, or Not Guilty? 

She answers, Not Guilty ; and puts her- 
self to the trial. 

Then the Crier saith, If any man can 

give Evidence against the Prisoner at the 

Bar, let him come ; for she stands upon 

her deliverance. Then come in such as 

Heart's can say anv thins: against her; and first 

accusers. . , T 

is Moses. 

Moses. Moses, what can you say against this ■ 

Prisoner ? Look upon her, see if you - 
know her. 

Psa. 106. My Lord, I know her well enough, she 

made me and my brother Aaron to speak 
so unadvisedly with our lips by our pas- 
sion, that we could neither of us be ad- 
mitted to go into the land of Canaan. 

Gcu. 6. 5. This I can say of her, That every imagina- 

Gen. 8. 2i. tf on of her thought is only evil continually r , 
and that evil she hath been from her 
youth up. 

Moses, having ended ; then saith the 
Judge, is there any more ? 

To whom answer is made, Yes, my 
Lord, there is Jeremiah the Prophet. 

Jeremiah. Jeremiah the Prophet, look upon the 
Prisoner ; can you say any thing on be- 
half of his Majesty ? 

Jer. i?. 9. }j v Lord, this I can say, That she is 
deceitful above all things , and desperately 



THE rSLfi OF MAX. 7 I 

wicked : so that no man, without God's 
special assistance, can either find out her 
. devices, or escape her treacheries. 

And this moreover I know, that she 
hath been sent unto and forewarned to 
wash herself of her wickedness: and yet 
i for all this she doth lodge still ill thoughts 
I in her house. Yea, my Lord, she hath j fc r. 4. u. 
seduced many from God, making them Jj||j £ *£■ 
to walk after her evil counsels and ima- and n.sl 
. ginations, to their utter destruction. And a,ld 13 ' 10, 
I am truly informed, that she is in 
every place where the enemies of their 
own souls do work their wickedness and Psa. iss. 2. 
, mischiefs. 

Are there any more Evidences ? 
Yes, my Lord, here is Ezekiel. 
Ezekiel, what can you say? Ezekiel. 

My Lord, I can witness thus much: Ezek.20. 
such is her conduct, that she followed j* 6 3 3 nd 
after idols, and after covetousness, which 
is idolatry, both high treason and rebel- 
lion against God. Yea so very shame- 
lessly and lawlessly she carrieth herself, 
that if evil companions come not after 
her, she will go out and follow them. 

These be witnesses enough, saith the 
Judge, to condemn her : but is there any 
other ? 

Yes, my Lord, please you here are 
more : here is St. Matthew. 



Matt. 15.19. 



7Z THE ISLE OF MAX. 

St. Matthew, what can you say against 
the Prisoner at the Bar ? 
st.Matthew. ]y[y Lord, I have heard it from the 
mouth of my Lord Chief Justice him- 
self, (when I did attend upon him, he 
having occasion publicly to speak of her) 
that out of the Heart do come evil thoughts, 
adidteries, fornications, murders, thefts, \ 
covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lascivi- 
ousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, j 
and foolishness. All these evils he wit- 
nesseth to come forth of her house : so 
that it is evident against her by his Ho- 
nour's undoubted testimony, that she is 
an harbourer of a company of very bad 
and unsufferable guests. St. Mark, here 
22, w.' " next me, can witness as much. 

It is very true, my Lord. 

Here is a criminal indeed (saith the 
Judge) Jury, if you be agreed to give in 
your Verdict, what say you of this Pri- 
soner ? Guilty, or not Guilty? 

We say Guilty, my Lord* 

Woman, what canst thou say for thy- 
self, that sentence according to law 
should not be pronounced against thee ? 
Heart's plea Ah, good my Lord, take pity on me, 
a poor weak old woman ; these men 
speak against me the worst that they can, 
because I would not be ruled by them. 
They speak of malice, my Lord. If I 
have conducted myself amiss any way, it 



Mark 7. 21, 



for herself. 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 73 

was by this Old-man my father's mis* 

1 callings. my Lord, by whom, I 
thought, that being a woman I should 
be wholly guided. But hear me, good 
my Lord, I beseech you, let not these 
men's testimonies cast me away. For I 
did dwell with as good men, and better 
than they are, or ever were my Lord, 
as others can witness, to my great com- 
mendations. 

Then saith the Judge, who are these 
I pray you ? 

I dwelt, my Lord, with King David, J 

with King Solomon, and was in their 1 Chron.39. 
household to be a perfect Heart : so was 19,15, 17, 
I after accounted in King Asa's house. 
Yea, my Lord, with Abraham the father 
of the faithful, was I found faithful, and 
such hath been my credit, that I was 
well spoken of even to God himself by Neh Q 
good king Hezekiah. That all this is isa. 38. 3. 
true that I say, I beseech you to ask 
Isaiah the prophet, as also Xehemiah, 
and others that have recorded the same. 

Besides all these, be pleased to hear 
me, my Lord, ask all my country plopiepraise 
people, and they will with one mouth their heart * 
speak well of me. They have, say they, 
a good Heart towards God, and that ever 
since they were born, they never found 
me so wicked as these witnesses are 
pleased to declare. I hope,, therefore, 

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74 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

my Lord, that you will be pleased to 
be good to me ; pity a very poor, aged 
woman, as ever was born of a woman. 
The Judges Woman ! woman ! for the witnesses 
speech to a g a inst thee, they are without exception, 
and thy own mouth doth condemn thy- 
self, in that first thou dost confess, that 
thou wouldest not be ruled by them 
when these holy men were sent* unto 
thee, and that with special command 1 
from his Majesty to see thee reformed. 
Again, that thou dost acknowledge thy- 
self to have been wholly led by the Old- i 
man, one now most justly condemned by 
the law to be crucified. 

As touching David's heart, Solomon's 

heart, Asa's heart, the faithful heart of 

Abraham, and the upright heart of He- 

zekiah, not one of these was thyself, I 

thou dost lewdly seek to deceive by 

Matt 13 equivocation, and to beguile the stan- 

Lukeis.' ders by with thy tricks. True it is that 

twofold?" 1 1S there is great commendation of an Heart, 

and the same to be an honest and good 

Sanctified, heart, an upright heart ; a faithful heart. 

But woman, this is the heart sanctified 

and purged by faith in all those that are 

born anew of water and the Holy Ghost : 

but this is not that which thou art, the 

natural and corrupt heart ; thou art that 

commendable heart in name only, but 

Corrupt, not in quality : therefore thy boasting is 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 75 

vain, thy pleading subtilty, verifying 
Jeremiah's evidence of thee, that thou 
art very deceitful. 

As for the vulgar praising of thee, it is 
through their own self-love, and foolish 
self-conceit, and their utter ignorance of 
thee, that maketh them to speak so well 
of thee. Thou dost therefore but trifle 
i away the time, and trouble the assem- 

bly. 
, As for thine age, it procureth thee no 
pity at all, because thou hast beguiled, 
undone, and bewitched so many. Thine 
age should have taught thee better things, 
but thy obstinacy in wickedness would 
I not suffer thee. Hear therefore thy sen- 
tence. 

Thou Mrs. Heart has been endited Sentence a. 
by the name of Mrs. Heart, of those s ainst Mrs - 
Felonies, Murders, Conspiracies, and 
Rebellions, and for the same hast been 
I arraigned : thou hast pleaded Not Guilty, 
hast put thyself to the trial, and been 
I found Guilty, having nothing justly to 
i say for thyself. This is the law. Thou Her pumsh- 
I shalt be carried back from whence thou ment - 
1 earnest, and there live condemned to 
; perpetual imprisonment under Master 
Newman the Keeper, without bail or 
i mainprise. Gaoler, take her to thee, p r0 v.4.23. 
| look to the Prisoner, and keep this < Heart Heb - 3 - 12 - 



yaigned. 



76 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

diligently, and take heed lest there be at 
any time in you an heart of unbelief, to 
depart from the living God.' Mr Sheriff 
Religion, and the Under- Sheriff Resolu- 
tion, do see it performed very carefully 
and speedily according to the sentence 
given. 

After Mrs. Heart's arraignment, and 
condemnation, Wilful Will is com- 
manded to the Bar, and to hold up his 
hand, and his enditement was read. 
Wfflvu Wilful Will, thou art endited by the 

name of Wilful Will, of the Town of 
Free, and in the County of Evil : that thou 
partaking with Old-man, and wickedly 
living under the control of Mrs. Heart hast 
been a champion for them, ready to act 
all their villainies, and upon every motion 
of theirs, or any solicitation of theirs, hast 
from time to time gathered together all 
the powers thou couldest make within 
this Isle of Man, to raise rebellion, and 
by force of arms hast often attempted 
to rush in upon his Majesty's garri- 
son, appointed for the safe keeping of 
the Town of Soul, and so of the whole 
Island, and thereby hast given occasion 
to the enemies, to seek to invade the 
same contrary to the peace of our So- 
verign Lord the King, his Crown and 
Dignity. 



THE ISLE OF MAX. U 

What sayest thou to this enditement ? 
Guilty, or Not Guilty ? 

His answer was, Not Guilty, my 
Lord ; and so put himself upon his trial 
by God and the country. 

Then were witnesses called out, and W n n a cs 6 ^ 
the first of them was the Captain of the 
Garrison, which was one Captain Reason. 

The Captain coming before the Judge, 
was asked what he could say for the 
King, against the prisoner at the Bar ? 

My Lord, saith he, by my Sovereign's Captain 
appointment, I was made Captain of this Reason 
Garrison in Soul : and his Majesty also 
was pleased to place this prisoner in the 
same for his service, but yet under me, 
and at my command, and not to do what 
he himself listed. 

But he having conceited himself to be 
free, and not under controlment, and be- 
ing grown full, he hath by the be- 
witching of Mrs. Heart , and her maids, 
endeavoured to bear all the sway, 
treading down with contempt all my 
lawful commands. I made many For- R easoilgand 
tifications against his violent courses, to Arguments 
restrain his out-roads, lest thereby he t0 coimnce 
should have made way for his enemies 
breaking in upon us, to the danger of 
the whole Island : but all these fortifier 
tions very often he hath defaced, and by 
the force of strong passions, he hath 
h3 



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THE ISLE OF MAN, 



borne them down before him, without 
any regard of supreme or subordinates 
authority whatsoever. He may well, 
my Lord, be called Wilful Will, for ex- 
cept he be more under subjection, nei- 
ther I his Captain, nor ever an Officer 
in the whole band, will be obeyed, yea, 
assuredly, my Lord, if he be not curbed, 
the whole Town of Soul, will be over- 
thrown, and all the Island fall into the 
enemies' hand to the great dishonour of 
his Majesty. And this is that which I 
have for the present to say. My Offi- 
cers, if it please your Lordship to have 
them called, can say very much against 
him. 

Then saith the Clerk, Crier, call in 
Captain Reasons Lieutenant. 

What is his name, saith the Crier. 
The Lieute- He is, saith the Clerk, called Dis- 

Dant s wit- 7 7 

ness. course. 

Lieutenant Discourse, come into the 
Court, Have you the Lieutenant ? 

Lieutenant, what can you say touch- 
ing this Wilful Will, the prisoner at the 
Bar? 

My Lord, my Captain and I have had 
many occasions of much conference up- 
on every serious business, into which 
tkis Prisoner hath often intruded him- 
self, and thereby hath greatly hindered 
our designs. For say we what we 



THE ISM OF MAN. 79 

could, he would have all things go after 
his pleasure, and only to satisfy the lust of 
Mrs. Heart, and some of her maids, on 
whom he hath attended, and by whom 
he hitherto hath been too much ruled. 
and I may say. most strangely bewitch- 
ed, having no power to deny them any 
thing. 

Our Ancient, my Lord, can further 
inform you. 

How call you him ? saith the Judge. 
He is called, my Lord. Profession. 
Then, saith the Crier, Ancient Profes- 
sion, come into the Court,, have you 
Profession f 

Ancient, what can you say for the 
King against the Prisoner at the Bar? 

My Lord, when I bare the colours of The Am* 
a Holy Conversation, and displayed the ema 
same in word and deed before the com- 
pany, he hath attempted, and that not 
seldom, to rend and tear them ; and this 
not only within ourselves, but sometime 
also before, and in the very sight of the 
enemy hath sought to deface my colours, 
through his violent disposition, untamed 
nature, with the help of enraged pas- 
sions, to my utter disgrace, and not to 
mine only, but to the whole band of good 
qualities, gifts and graces, in the Town 
of Saul. 



wit- 
ness. 



80 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

So heady he is, and so perversely bent 
to his own will, that he never regardeth, 
for the present, what may happen after- 
wards. Our two Serjeants can more at 
large expose him, if it please your Lord- 
ship to hear them : here they stand by me. 
What do you call them ? saith the 
Judge. My Lord, saith the Ancient, the 
one is Sergeant Unity, and the other is 
Serjeant Order, worthy Soldiers, my 
Lord, and very serviceable for good go- 
vernment. Sergeant Unity, come in, 
What can you say of this Prisoner ? 
UnuTwit- M y Lord, when all the whole band 
neL S lovingly, as one man, were obedient in 
all things, he, upon every least discon- 
tent, did mutiny, and endeavoured to 
set us against one another. He hath 
adhered to secret conspiracies of inbred 
corruptions ; yea, and hath not been only 
found to favour, but also to stand for, 
and to encourage our open enemies, even 
Satan's suggestions, and the pomps and 
vanities of this wicked world ; to whom 
he hath been so serviceable, as if he had 
been a prest soldier for them, forgetting 
his faith and allegiance to his own Sove- 
reign. If he be not, my Lord, suppres- 
sed, he will at length be our utter 
overthrow. My Fellow-serjeant Order 7 
can say more. 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 81 

Serjeant Order, what is it that you 
have to witness against the Prisoner ? 

My Lord, whensoever he cometh out Sergeant 
of Mrs. Heart's evil house, and from witness. 
among her companions, he is so en- 
raged, as he behaveth himself more 
like a savage beast than a man : all 
is by him put out of order, our Cap- 
tain cannot rule him, especially when he 
hath gotten a pestilent fellow, one Ob- Companions 

JS 4. \.' 1 J.1. to Wilful 

stinacy to accompany mm, and another wm. 
deceitful companion, called, Shew of 
Good, to hearten him in his forward 
courses and bad enticements. Of him- 
self he is ill enough, but these, my 
Lord, make him incapable of good 
counsel, or of the best advice that our 
Captain can give him. 

Where are, saith the Judge, these fel- 
lows ? Why were they not apprehended, 
and brought in hither with him ? 

My Lord, as soon as he was attached 
and brought under authority, they both 
presently fled : our Captain Reason 
made diligent search after them, but 
could not find them. For, my Lord, 
these companions durst never appear 
with him, but when they knew him to 
be wholly bent to his own will, and when 
they w r ere very sure our Captain had not 
strength enough with him to withstand 
them, otherwise they would keep close 



82 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

and not apparently be seen to counte- 
nance him. If order might be taken for 
the apprehending of these, there would be 
some hope of better government in this 
Prisoner, if he should be released. 

Upon this the Judge gave order to 
Mr. Sheriff, to his Under- Sheriff, and to 
all the Justices of the Bench, for the 
speedy apprehending of these two evil 
and rebellious companions. Then the 
Crier was commanded to call in one wit- 
ness more, which was one of the Corpo- 
rals of the Band, whose name was Dis- 
cipli?ie, who being there attending, pre- 
sently appeared. 

The Corporal being at the Bar, it was 
demanded of him what he could say 
more than had been spoken ? 
corporal jyjy Lord, saith he, though very much 

wime^s. hath been spoken, and that most truly 
against him, yet have I more to say than 
hitherto hath been spoken by any of 
them. It is well known, my Lord, to 
the whole Corps de Garde, how unruly 
he hath been after the setting of the 
watch, such conceit he hath ever had of 
his freedom, my Lord, that my very 
Will is a name hath been odious unto him. He 
drawee of natn gotten such liberty, that he could 
spiritual never endure to be disciplined, our arms 
he hath taken, and made them often un- 
serviceable. 



warfare. 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 

Our Powder of holy affections lie hath 
damped, the Match of fervency of spirit 
he hath put out : the Small Shot of spi- 
ritual ejaculations he so stopped as in 
time of need they would not go off ; of 
the Sivord of the Spirit, the Word of 
God, he quite took away the edge ; he 
brake the Helmet of Salvation, bruised 
the Breast-plate of Righteousness, the 
Shield of Faith he cast away, and un- 
loosed the Girdle of Truth. The Points 
of all the Pikes of Divine threats by pre- 
sumption he so brake off, as they had no 
force to prick the Heart. He would, 
after the watch was set, of himself, 
without the Word, go the round, and 
divers times meeting the Gentlemen of 
the round, holy Meditations, and Divine 
Motions, he would stop their passages, 
and turn them back again. And not 
seldom hath he fallen upon the Centi- 
nels, Quick Apprehensions, and put out 
their eyes, so as they could not, if the 
enemies had approached,, have discerned 
them. My Lord, by his wilful unruli- 
ness, and by his obstinate masterfulness 
he hath often endangered the w r hole 
Island of Man, the lower part called 
Body and the higher called Soul, and 
in a manner delivered them into the ene- 
my's hand. For the common Soldiers, 



83 



84 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

the powers and faculties of both, are too 
often swayed by him, to follow him in 
his rebellious courses. And therefore, 
my Lord, if he be not suppressed and 
brought in obedience to our worthy Cap- 
tain, he will surely at length yield 
this his Majesty's right, into the hands of 
foreign powers, w T hich daily watch to 
have by him some opportunity to invade 
us. They have, my Lord, often assailed 
our Castle of Confidence, raised upon the 
Mount of God's mercies, hoping only 
upon his help to make a breach therein, 
and entering to cast us out ; we therefore 
beseech your Lordship to have justice 
against him. 

Then saith the Judge, you ask but 1 
right, and that which in my place I am 
bound to yield you, without respect of 
persons. 

Honest men of the Jury, you have 
heard what all these Gentlemen have 
witnessed against him, if you be agreed 
on your Verdict, give it in ; what think 
you of the Prisoner, Guilty, or Not 
Guilty ? 

They answer, Guilty, my Lord. 

Then the judge turneth his speech to 
the Prisoner : Wilful Will, thou hast 
heard what all these have witnessed 
against thee, what canst thou now say 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 85 

tor thyself, why the sentence of Death 
should not now be pronounced against 
thee ? 

My Lord, I am a Gentleman free- wni speaks 
born, and ever like a Gentleman brought to the Judge. 
up in liberty. And though I was in 
some sort to be ordered by Captain Rea- 
son ; yet I ever held myself his equal, 
and stood upon my freedom of choosing 
or refusing, or of suspending the action. 
He had no authority to enforce me fur- 
ther than it pleased myself. I have al- 
ways been a free man, my Lord, from 
servile obedience to any man, and owe 
subjection to none but only to my Sove- 
reign. I cannot deny but that Captain 
Reason hath offered daily to advise me, 
and I have not ever wholly rejected his 
counsel : if I have at any time miscarried 
it was through the wicked Mrs. Heart's 
deceitfulness, and the violence of these 
her passionate affections misleading me, 
for want of deliberation before I either 
; made choice of or refused the thing ob- 
| jected before me. 

I do here, my Lord, ingenuously con- 
fess the truth of all that which these 
, Witnesses have spoken against me, for 
i which I heartily crave pardon. 
[ I also acknowledge that I stood too Abuse ol 
I much upon my birth and Gentry, as too gentry" 



86 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

many at this day do, having never a good 
quality besides to brag or boast of. I 
took it for granted that my gentry stood 
in idleness, pleasurable delights, hunt- 
ing, and haunting taverns ; putting on of 
new and variety of fashions ; in boast- 
ing, and oaths, in high looks, great 
words, and in the forms of Gentry •. 
which I verily suppose should suffici- 
ently of itself have borne me out in all 
my extravagant courses, in my licenti- 
ous liberty, and lascivious wantonness in 
Mrs. Hearts house, through which I 
was brought into all these rebellious 
disorders, for which I justly deserved 
my Sovereign's indignation, of whom I 
humbly crave mercy and forgiveness ; 
my Lord, take pity upon me. 

Judge's Wilful Will 9 I am sorry that thy de- 

WHL ht ° sertsareno better, being so well born, 
and that thou hast so abused thy Gentry 
to thy shame and confusion, through thy 
vain mistake, and foul abuse of thy high 
station, which consists of nobleness of 
spirit, honorable endowments of mind, 
praise-worthy qualities, and serviceable 

True Gen- employments for the King and Country ; 

uy what. an( J no t in such base pursuits as thou 

hast named, unfitting altogether true 

Gentry, being indeed the fruits either oi 

•degenerating spirits from the worth o' 



THE ISLE OF MAX. 

their ancestors, never having had the 
understanding of the true qualities of a 
Gentleman indeed. 

But seeing thou art humble and peni- 
tent, and mayest do his Majesty good 
service hereafter, thy deserved sentence 
shall be deferred, till his Majesty's 
pleasure be further known concerning 
thee : yet in the mean time, thou art to 
be bound to thy good behaviour, and be 
carried back again, to remain under the 
custody of Master Newman. Gaoler, 
take him to thee, and see him forth- 
coming whensoever he shall be called 
for. 

Then said he, I humbly thank your 
Lordship ; and so bowing himslf to the 
Bench, he is carried away from the Bar 
to the place from whence he came, to 
remain Prisoner until he should be re- 
leased. 

After he was removed, the Gaoler was 
commanded to set Mrs. Hearts Maids 
to the Bar. But upon deliberation they 
were sent to Ward again until another 
time. The reason was, for that two 
great Traitors and Rebels, chief amongst 
the condemned crew, were presently to 
be arraigned, which would take up the 
allotted time before the Court should 
break up. 



88 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



Col. 3. 5. 
Covetous- 
ness tried 



Shil capital These two were Covetousness and Ido- 
latry, capital Thieves, pestilently mis- 
chievous against God, his Worship and 
Service, against the Church, and against 
the Common-weal. 

Covetousness was joined with Idolatry, 
because he is also called Idolatry. Now 
all other Prisoners removed, and the Judge 
with the Bench ready for these, the Clerk 
desireth the Crier to command the Gaoler 
to set Covetousness to the Bar, which the i 
Gaoler doth forthwith. 

Then saith he unto him, Covetousness, 
hold up thy hand, and hear thy Endite- 
ment. 

Covetousness, thou art here endited by 
the name of Covetousness, in the Town 
of Want, in the County of Never -full, 
that from the day of thy first being thou 
hast been the root of all evil, having made 
i Tim. 6, !o. some to play the Thieves, others to commit 
Mich. 2. 2. Treason against our Sovereign Lord the 
King, others to murder innocents for their 
inheritance. Thou art also here endited 
for Bribery, Extortion, Oppression, Usury, 
Injustice, Unmercifulness, and a multitude 
of outrageous crimes : besides thy hinder- 
ing men in holy duties and means of sal- 
vation, forcing them head-long to their 
destruction, contrary to the peace of our 
Sovereign Lord the King, his crown and 
dignity. 



His Endite 
merit. 



THE ISLK OF MAN". 

What sayest thou to this Enditement, 
Guilty, or not Guilty ? 

He answered, Xot Guilty, my Lord, 
and so he puts himself upon the trial. 

After this the parties that can give The first 
evidence are called in, and first, Repen- aga inst bim 
lance, is commanded to produce his wit- isRepen- 

r tance. 

nesses. 

Repentance, what can you say? 

My Lord, since the Prisoner was com- 
mitted to prison, and put into Ward, some 
of my witnesses are dead, as Achan, Ahab, 
and Judas. 

Then saith the Judge, look at the Re- 
cords, Clerk, and read them. 

My Lord, I read here that Achan con- what evil 
fessed, that by Covetousness he was moved Cove !°";;~ 

IT nil t neSS natn 

to look upon a wedge of gold, ana so done. 
coveting, stole it, and with it a Babylon- Jo5h ' 7 ' 
ish garment, to the death and destruc- 
tion of him and all his ; also I here 
find, how, through Covetousness. Ahab 
longed for poor Xaboth's vineyard, and 1 King? 22. 
so eagerly, that he fell sick for it, be- 
cause he could not have his will. But 
Jezebel procured by his leave and liking 
the death of Naboth and his sons, and 
so got possession of the vineyard. More- 
over, I find here, that Judas confessed 
how he betrayed the innocent blood of 
our Saviour through Covetousness, and 
1 S 



90 • THE ISLE OF MAN. 

desire of money. This is all the con- 
fession, my Lord, in the Records. 

Then the Judge willeth the Constable 
and his Assistants, which were at the 
apprehending of him, to be called, who 
make their appearance. 

Constable, what can you say, and 

those that were with you, against this 

Prisoner at the Bar? 

anddalkens ^ r Lord, when we went to make 

the Under- search for him, he hid himself so close, 

standing. ag we ha( j much ado ^ firgt tQ find 

him in Mrs. Heart's house ; who had 
almost persuaded us that he had not 
David's been there, until I learned it from Da- 
vem Covet-" v ^ tne man °f God, whom 1 had found 
ousness. petitioning the Lord Chief Justice for a 
' warrant of good behaviour against 
Without di- the Covetousness of the heart. Then 
ligent search thought I certainly he is here, in this 

it is hard to - 

find out our house : for if David feared to have him 
ue°ss et0US * n ^ s heart, that gave so many mil- 
lions of gold and silver, 3300 cart-load 
of treasure for the building of the tem- 
ple, can I think him not to be here? 
I sought therefore diligently, my Lord, 
and found him ; but before I could ap- 
prehend him, he was got into a dark 
corner, and attempted to blow out my 
light, and to have escaped me. But 
I and my company took such diligent 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 91 

heed to him, as he could not get from 
us: yet before we could bind him, and 
bring him away? he endeavoured to in- 
jure as many as came near him, and 
would by no means obey my warrant, 
as the rest here, my Lord, can tell, if 
you please to hear them. Then began 
every one of them to speak. 

Care complained, that he had almost Care's com- 
choaked him with the world and worldly P lai,,t - 
business, so as he had no leisure to mind 
heavenly things. 

Clearing accused him, that he had so Clearing ac~ 
undermined his understanding at una- cuseth hl,n - 
wares 5 as almost had broken the neck 
of his good name and reputation, of his 
profession and religion. 

Indignation complained, that he had indignation 
well nigh lost his life by him : for complain- 
whereas before he could not behold Sin, e 
but with an holy anger ; now profit of 
Sin, through this cursed Covetousness, 
made him look cheerfully upon it, and 
heartily welcome it for profit's sake. 

Fear complain eth, that he did bewitch 
him : for, said he, whereas, before I was eth against 
tender-hearted, and trembled at God's hlm - 
word, desire of gain made me loath to 
lose my commodity, though I got it 
with Sin. 

Vehement Desire did greatly complain Vehement 
of his violent setting upon him, to make b y eS ii[ m hurt 



92 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



Zeal blunted 



Revenge 
made weak, 



Other wit- 
nesses pro- 
duced. 



Master 
Church his 
witness. 



him eager after earthly things, so as he 
could hardly take any rest. 

Zeal complained, that he struck him 
so hard upon the head, that the blow made 
him, in hope of gain, to undervalue a 
sense of God's glory, which before he 
preferred above all things in the world. 

Lastly, Revenge complained that the 
Prisoner had attempted to murder him, 
and so wounded him, that whereas before 
he could master Sin, now he was grown i 
so weak, that any gainful Sin was able to 
master him, and to bring him under [ 
command. 

When these had spoken what they 
could, the rest were brought to give evi- 
dence, and these also were men of very 
good account, and of great worth in their i 
country • Master Churchy Master Com- \ 
mon-weal, Master Household, Master 
Neighbourhood, and Master Good-work, 
who having answered to their names, 
they give in evidence one by one. 

Master Church, what can you say 
against the Prisoner at the Bar ? 

My Lord, I am not able to reckon the 
particular mischiefs he hath done against 
me. There falleth never a Benefice of 
any reasonable value, but he sets many to 
run and ride after it, and to offer largely 
for it, and maketh some Patrons thieves, 
and to admit many an Ignoramus into 



THE ISLE OF MAN. C)£ 

the charge and cure of Souls ; and many 
a Minister to be a perjured Simonist, be- 

! fore God. He maketh not a few to heap 
up means, not only for maintenance, but 
also to make themselves great ; and 
many which came in freely to neglect the 
care of their Flocks, and to seek after 

■ their Fleeces, to care to be rich, and to 
follow so after the world, as that either 

1 they give over to preach, or do make 

! them preach at home very idly, seldom, 

j and unprofitably. 

I When people come to Church, my People i.i„- 
L,ord, ne marreth their devotion, and dered b ? Ca - 

| leadeth their souls out of the church, to Su."" 6 " 
make them to be walking their grounds, Church - 
talking with their friends, plotting busi- 
nesses, and to be going some journey, to 
be at some market or fair ; to be count- 
ing their debts, following their debtors, 
reckoning up their loan upon usury,' 
their profits and gain, and by these 
means he hinders their devotion. And all 
these things, my Lord, with many other 
worldly thoughts, whilst their bodies are 
in Church. 

When people come from the Church, Ma « 13 
he choaketh the seed of God's Word Peo P le Mn- 
that it thriveth in very few; and of these ?„7out°oT 
tew, it is more in talk than in practice. the Churcb 
He keepeth, my Lord, many from the 



94 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

Church, causing them to set the Lord's 
day apart, not for his service, but for 
their worldly affairs, because they will 
not take another time for their profiting 
in the week days. 

Much more, my Lord, I have to say ; 
but I am loath to be too tedious. 

You, Master Church, have spoken suf- 
ficiently and enough to condemn him. 
Call Master Common-weaL 
Master Common-weal, what can you 
say on the King's behalf against the pri- 
soner at the Bar ? 
MasterCom- My Lord, this man hath entered so far 
mon-weai, [ n ^ a u business, as hath almost utterly 

his accusa- , TX , . , .. r 

tions. undone me. He maketh merchandizes 

of Offices, and so maketh the buyers 
to sell their Duties for profit to make up 
their monies. He hath monopolized 
commodities into his hands, enhanced 
the prices of things, to the great grie- 
vance of the King's subjects. He, as 
your Lordship well knoweth, hath mise- 
rably corrupted the course of Justice, by 
bribery, by making many Lawyers plead 
more for fees, than honestly, for the 
equity of the cause ; by delaying the 
cause, by removing it from one Court to 
another till men be undone. He hath, 
to get his desire, suborned false witnes- 
ses, counterfeited evidences, and forged 



ii 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



95 



wills, my Lord, let some order be taken 
with him, else he will utterly bring me to 
ruin, and all mine for ever. 

Call Master Household. 

Master Household, what can you say 
concerning the prisoner ? 

My Lord, this wicked Covetousness Master 
keeps holy exercises out of private Ss wilness. 
houses ; he will not let Parents have any 
time to instruct their children, he maketh 
Masters use their Servants more like 
beasts than men, they are so wholly 
employed in worldly business ; as for 
their souls there is no care taken, but 
they are left to live as soul-less men, He 
causeth niggardly housekeeping, and 
over-labouring of servants. He breed- 
eth much contention, chiding, and too 
much use of ill language by mistresses 
and dames ; yea between men and their 
wives in their family, to the great grief, 
and ill example of their children and 
Servants. 

Yea, my Lord, he hath made Chil- c.-neity of 

7 J -I -> • -, Covetous- 

dren to be cruel to their parents ; bre- ne>5, 
thren and sisters to hate one another ; 
near of kindred and blood to go to law 
one with another, for and about dividing 
goods, lands, and inheritances ; yea, I 
can witness this, that he hath made them 
murder one another : Children their Pa- 
rents, Husbands their Wives,, and one 



96 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



Master 
Neighbour- 
hood his 
witness. 



Good Neigh 
hours and 
peaceable. 



brother another. It would be too long 
to particularize how great evils and how 
many ways he hath injured me and all 
mine. But because other witnesses stand 
here by me, I will trouble your Lordship 
with no more complaints at this time. 

Call Master Neighbourhood. 

Friend, what is it that you can say 
touching this Prisoner ? 

My Lord, this unhappy man hath al- 
together disunited men's affections, so as 
in our Town there is very little love ; 
hardly will one do another a good turn 
freely, but either it must be one for ano- 
ther, like for like, or in hope of fu-* 
ture gain. This wretch hath almost 
banished all friendly society ; every man 
is so now for himself, as he neglecteth 
his neighbour almost wholly. He mak- ' 
eth them trespass one another, to rob 
cunningly one another in buying and 
selling, and to fall out with bitter rail- 
ing, and unneighbourly language for a 
penny loss, and causeth many suits and 
quarrels. We are, my Lord, indeed 
miserably disquieted, and almost utterly 
undone by him. For, my Lord, we 
were a company of very good Neigh- 
bours till he became Landlord : here 
dwelt Amity, Kindness, Gentleness, 
Love, Peace, Charity, Patience, Good- 
ness, Ready, Good Will, Forgetfulness of 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 97 

Wrongs, Sociableness, Good Turns, and 
Joy; but most unjustly by his cruelty 
and wrong dealing, he hath displaced 
them, and brought, my Lord, a com- 
pany of internal spirits, (for so I think 
I may without offence call them,) which Q. l]t 5 
are these : Hatred, Malice, Envy, Wrath, X11 Neigh 
Anger, Churlishness, Discord, Niggard- very unquiet 
liness, Sturdiness, Strife, Debate, Vari- J 1 ^- 2 - 
ance, Emulation, Sedition, Wrangling, 
Fraud, Deceit, Malignity, Despite, Un- 
naturalness, Implacableness, Unthankful- 
ness, Fierceness, Highmindedness, Self- 
love, and Unmercif ulness. The best that 
he brings in, my Lord, are Costless Com- The best 
pliments, Fair Speech, How do you do, k j"<J n esses 

Good-morrow, Good-evening, Glad to see vetous. 
you well, Farewell, and such like. Also 
one Little-good, with another called 
Soon-lost, and amongst these No-harm, 
s is greatly commended ; but never a No-harm, 

y-v 7 , , i i i the best man 

(jrood man amongst them, much less any among the 
Too-good to be found in the Parish, ex- Covetous. 
cept more in name than in deed. And 
; this is what I have to say my Lord, at 
this time. 

Call out Master Good-work. 

Master Good-work, what can you say 
touching the Prisoner ? 

My Lord, there hath been so much said Mr. Good 

,! , x i x» • x work his ac- 

. that 1 need not say any thing ; yet none cusation. 

K 



98 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 

an I 



have more just cause to complain than 
have; for he hath endeavoured to his 
utmost to root me out, and all my posteri- 
ty, Bounty, Liberality, and Hospitality. 
My Lord, we by reason of him, daily 
stand in fear of our lives ; all the Coun- 
try crieth out of him in their love to us, 
who well know how often he hath at- 
tempted to murder us. 
covetous- He hath put out of joint both the arms 

Hess an ene- f m y son ,_ JBountu, and almost broken 

my to good J & 7 

works. the back or my son Liberality, that he 
hardly at any time goeth upright ; and all 
know this, that he hath violently set 
upon my son Hospitality, and forced 
him out of doors, and in his stead hath 
let in Pride of Apparel, Sumptuous 
Building, Affectation of Vain Titles, 
whom he hath made to shut the doors, 
persuading them that to maintain their 
state, they must increase their revenues 
by new purchases, by racking of rents, 
by enhancing their fines, &nd incomes, 
all little enough to withhold their out- 
ward state, and vain pomp abroad. And 
this, my Lord, is that which for the pre- 
sent I have to say. 

Then it was asked if all were come in, 
that should give Evidence ? 

Answer was made; My Lord, here 
is only one man more ; poor Poverty, 



THE ISLE OF MAN. ** 

brought hither by authority to give Evi- 
dence ; may it please you to hear him. 

Call in Poverty, 

Poverty, what canst thou say against 
this Prisoner at the Bar ? 

Why, my Lord, I have reason to curse poverty his 
the day that ever I knew him, and he g riev ° u . s 

■ • • 1 iii i i • complaint 

only it is that hath brought me to this against co- 

poor State. vetousness. 

I was a man of some credit, my neigh- The Cove- 
bours well know, till I had to do with tou 1 s c ^ 1 ° i "" 
him, who would lend me nothing but seekingtheir 
upon usury, and that upon great bonds own gam * 
and mortgage of lands ; and so greedy 
a wolf was he upon his prey, that if I 
missed but one day of payment, he would 
take the benefit of the mortgage, or for- 
feiture ; or if he forbore longer, I payed 
him by presents and gifts so much with 
the use, as made me to groan under the 
burden, feeling myself in an irrecove- 
rable consumption. Sometimes too, to 
keep friends with him, I was forced either 
to buy for time, or else to sell something 
out of hand to make ready monies ; ei- 
ther of which was as bad, or worse than 
the biting of usury ; for when William 
Greedy, a brother of his, or also Gain his 
cousin perceived my need, Oh, how did 
he in dealing with me, extort from me, 
and in buying for ready money oppress 
me ! So that to escape a whirlpool, I fell 



100 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



It depopu- 
lated Pa- 
rishes. 



into devouring gulphs, and thus he 
ruined me. 

And not being therewith content, woe 
unto him, when I became tenant, my 
Lord, who was before a good Freeholder, 
he put into our Landlord's heart to depo- 
pulate our whole Parish of Wealth, for 
so it was called, and there instead of 
many honest inhabitants and good house- 
keepers, he set a Shepherd and his cur 
to feed his flocks. This also is he, my 
Lord, that maketh men of fair lands, 
which might live well on their own 
revenues and estates, to take Farms 
into their hands, and to drive out such as 
had been merciful relievers of their poor 
neighbours. In our poor estate we have 
sought to him for relief, but instead of 
comfort, he hath railed on us, threatened 
to whip us, and to send us to the House 
of Correction. Nothing will he do for 
thin Ibutby us, but what by law he is compelled to 
do, though he keep his church, and can 
sometimes also talk of religion. He 
beggars all of us, my Lord ; on work he 
will not set us, and yet will not suffer us 
to seek abroad for relief. He never seeth 
us, but his heart riseth against us. He 
rather will venture his own damnation, 
than part with one penny, except it be 
to go gay ; to buy and purchase for him 
and his. Yea, my Lord, that all may 



Covetous 



Law. 



TUT. ISLE OE MAN. 10.1 

know his merciless cruelty, when *W 
have wanted relief, and begged of him, 
he hath counselled us to shift for our- r 

selves, and steal out of the stacks of corn new 
in gleaning time for bread, to break ei:iloThetL 
hedges, to steal wood or coal in the night 
to make us fires, to pluck sheep, or sheer 
off their wool for clothing ; to rob or- 
chards for fruit, to steal geese, hens, 
ducks, pigs, and sheep, for flesh meat, 
to defraud men that set us on work, 
and to make us poor people hateful to 
God and man. For he careth not. 
my Lord, so as he may not be charged 
any way what we do, or what becometli 
of us. 

And yet to make up the height of un- 
mereifulness, he will be the first, if we 
of mere extreme need do amiss, that 
will cry out against us and pursue us to 
death. This hath ever been his course 
hitherto, my Lord, consider rightly of 
us, and pity our case. I beseech you, 
my Lord. 

Poverty, thy case indeed is to be piti- 
ed : Jury, you have heard the evidence 
of all, what say you of the Prisoner at the 
Bar. Is he Guilty, or Not Guilty ? 

Jury. Guilty, my Lord. 

Covetousness. Thou hast heard what 
all these witnesses have laid to thy 
charge, and spoken against thee : what 
h 3 



102 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

canst thou say for thyself, why sentence 
upon these honest men's verdict should 
not be pronounced against thee ? 
Covetous- My Lord, I stand for my life, let it 
a«ainst P Po- P^ eas ^ you with patience to hear me : 
verty. And first touching this impatient, un- 

grateful out-crying fellow Poverty; it 
was not 1, my Lord, when he was 
wealthy, but his then daily and only 
men poor* 68 companions, Sloth, Carelessness, Prodi- 
gality, Goo4- Fellowship, Go- Gay, Good- 
Cheer, Wantonness, Improvidence, Little- 
Work, and Many-Mouths, which, my 
Lord, cast him into a consumption, 
and, like canker-worms, consumed him 
Excuses of quickly. I confess he came to me often 
the Cove- to borrow, but when I saw his vain 

tons in lend- n t i ^i 

in g . courses ot expence, 1 was very loath to 

lend him, but that he so earnestly en- 
treated me, even with tears in his eyes ; 
oftentimes protesting, that I should 
greatly relieve him, yea, and save 'him 
and his estate from ruin, if I would do 
him that kindness to lend him in his 
need. 

Thus, my Lord, was I moved and 
drawn on to lend him according to the 
Statute, only I took good security be- 
cause I perceived him to be wasteful. 
Advantage I never took, but only when 
I saw that he was an idle fellow, and care- 
less, and would never be punctual, then 



THE ISLE OF MAX. 103 

rould only threaten him to terrify him, 
my Lord, and if he then brought any 
kindness to my wife, it is more than I 
know of, and more than I desire of him. 

Sometimes he would offer to sell me j n bojing. 
the land mortgaged to me, when he could 
not pay, and told me that of necessity he 
must sell it, and if I would not, another 
should buy it. Then I thought myself 
as worthy to have it as any other in all 
reason. 

For my threatening of him and his i n not giv- 
company, when they went a begging : in s. 
true it is, because I say, that as they 
had consumed themselves, they thought 
to rely on me, and so in like sort have 
eaten me up too ; for idly had they lived, 
and work they neither could nor would. 
And whereas they accuse me that I com- 
pelled them to steal, herein they very 
much wrong me, my Lord; for it was 
their love to live idly, and their 
pinching necessity, which led and enfor- 
ced them to fall to shifting and stealing, 
and not I, my Lord. 

Touching their Landlord's depopulat- in dcp<>- 
ing of the Town of Wealth, they their g£2? 
ownselves were the very cause thereof. 
For that worthy Knight and my Kins- 
man, Sir WorLdiy-icise, when he saw 
how some by suits of Law, others by 
drunkenness and riot, others by pride 



104 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

and idleness, did waste their estates,, so 
as they were neither able to till their 
land, nor to stock their grounds, he 
bought their estates, one after another, 
and so left them to buy or hire for them- 
selves elsewhere. And when thus they 
pretence of na d removed themselves, he sought the 
public good, welfare of the Common- weal, which 
was to hold up clothing, my Lord, the: 
chiefest means here to set the poor on] 
work, which cannot be without wool, 
and wool cannot be had without flocks 
of sheep. 

If this worthy Knight, and good Com- 
mon wealth's-man took any advice of 
me, it was for public good. My Lord, ( 
consider that Poverty is impatient ; ever 
complaining, and very unthankful to his 
best friends, if they do not always supply 
his wants. 

You know this, my Lord, to be true, 

and all the Worshipful Justices of the 

Bench. 

His answer Touching Master Church, his accusa- 

to Master tion ; unworthily doth he lay the faults 

Church. „ , r i.i j n 

on me : tor when any do ride post so tor 

Benefices when they be fallen, they are 

set on, my Lord, by Love-of- Pride, 

What makes sometimes by Neiqhbour Need, and all of 

Ministers to ii\/r it ,,.. 

run so for them by Master Haste, to get the living, 
Livings. an( j ky j\£ aster p ear to come short of it. 

It was never I that made them offer such 



THE ISLE or MAX. i 05 

sums of monies to Patrons, for it is my 
manner to advise my friends to be ever 
•paring of their purses ; but it was their 
over forward friend, Master Hope-to-pre- 
rail, that counselled them to make such 
proffers. 

I am not, my Lord, the cause of any what make? 
Minister's negligence in his Function ; :Ulr >:* Uis - ,j 

o o » negligent. 

but a couple of base, loitering fellows, 
dwelling with such Ministers, commonly 
called, my Lord, the Parson's men, Ease 
and Idle, by whom such Ministers are 
too much led. 

If the people profit not under those who bin 
that be such Ministers, my Lord, the dera P eo i\ kj 
fault is not through me, but the fault is ting under 
in in-bred Ignorance, Dullness, Old-man, the word - 
Mrs. Heart, and Wilful Will her man, 
and Maids hating to be reformed, Dis- 
like of Teachers, either for the person or 
doctrine. Want of love of the Truth, 
Contentedness to live and die in igno- Ps £-. 50 - 
ranee, and the very Devil himself, my j 0S h. I. ' 
Lord, their utter enemy. These ought Mat - 13> 
to bear the blame, my Lord, and not I. 

For Master Common-weal, my Lord, I Answer to 
marvel that he should thus abuse me, and ' 
wrong me ; for, my Lord, he knows well, 
that I have many ways enriched such as 
belong unto him ; his cunning merchants 
in trading, and his crafty lawyers in 
pleading. I have helped many a mean 



Common- 
weal 



106 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

man to a great estate and many a base birth 
to be counted of the Gentry. Forward 
have I been to help all sorts of every trade 
and course of life ; and must I now be 
questioned for my life ? 
* . Concerning Master Household, he hath 

Answer to on it 

Household, no reason of all others to blame me ; for 
I taught him to be careful in his house- 
keeping, how to manage his estate for the 
best, how to advantage himself in buying 
and selling, corn and cattle ; I ever sought 
his profit in all my courses. He hath no , 
cause thus to accuse me to your Lord- 
ship. He had never been able to have 
maintained so great a family, but by me. 
I raised his father from a base cottage to 
be a freeholder, and so himself to be mas- 
ter of a great family and household. If 
any such evils have happened under him 
as he complaineth of, let him accuse Un- 
av hat makes naturalness, Impatience, Unruly Passions, 
debate in a and such like, and withal the Suggestions 
ami y ' of Satan, which do set men on such mis- 
chiefs, and not me, my Lord. 
Answer to ^ or Master Neighbourhood, he may of 
Neighbour- all others be ashamed to accuse me so, be- 
cause he hath lived much better, and no- 
thing worse by me, my Lord ; for I caused 
to be removed from him and his neigh- 
bours, in their often and idle meetings, 
Bad So- (which they pleased to call Goodfellow- 
ciety. ship,) a company of spendthrifts, Waste, 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 107 

Riot, Prodigality, Drunkenness, Ghdtony, 
Idleness, Carelessness, Needless- Expence, 
i^e. With reverence be it spoken, my 
Lord, I taught him, and all such as he is, 
i better way to live, and a more thriving 
1 course ; to look diligently to their estates, 
and to take good courses, to save, to get, 
| and to increase their means. I advised 
I them to put away their bad men-servants, 
J Slack and Slothful, Careless and Waste- Bad Men- 
ful, Weak and Wayward, Love-bed and servants - 
Drowsy, Lightfinger and Lurching, 
Gamester and Go-gay, Slipstring and 
Wanderer, Scapethrift and Spendall, and 
such like unprofitable characters. And 
withal to rid themselves in like manner of 
all their bad maid-servants, such as these : 
Prattle, Wanton, Sleepy and Sluggy, B 
Sweetlip and Dainty, Gadding and For- servants. 
getful, Sickness and Tender, Drivel and 
Slut ; also, and above all, the Charwoman 
and her daughters, Pocketing and Filch, 
with all their bad companions. 

And instead of these, my Lord, I com- Thrifty 
mended unto them a company of men- Man-ser- 
servants worth entertainment, all one van 
man's children, the sons of my honest 
neighbour Good Husbandry ; as Care and 
Forecast, Makehaste and Wary, Thrifty, 
Advantage and Holdfast, Watchful and 
Toilsome, Homely-fare and Meanclad, 
Up-be-times and Labour, Last-up and 



108 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



Profitable 
Maids. 



Answer to 
Good-work 



Covetons- 
ness a Ro- 
man Ca- 
tholic. 



Trusty, Getting and Lock : fast, Spendlittle 
and Get-much, Take-time and Lose-nought, 
Debtless and Gain ; with such other'pro- 
fitable servants. 

And because I knew that maid-servants 
answerable to them were as necessary, I 
advised the best I could to provide such 
also, the daughters of Good Housewifery ; 
as Quick and Nimble, Trusty 'and Timely - 
up, Healthful and Chaste, Ever-doing and 
Silent, Witty and Pliant ; with other of 
the like nature, helpful to uphold a man's 
estate. By which good counsel of mine, 
my Lord, Neighbourhoodlivethnow richly 
and not beggarly ; Need knocks not daily 
at his door, either to beg or borrow, as he 
was wont to do. 

Concerning the last man Master Good- 
work, he hath least cause of all others to 
complain ; for that same which he pleaseth 
to call in me Oppression, Usury, Extor- 
tion, and what not, have built many a fair 
Almshouse, many a goodly Hospital in 
the land, my Lord, and have also given 
by Will, many a large legacy to the poor, 
and much to public uses. 

My Lord, when I was a Roman Catholic 
in our forefathers' days, none was then in 
more grace and favour with all the Clergy 
than myself. By me, the holy Father 
the Pope greatly increased his Treasury ; 
by my counsels the Prelates got up to 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



109 



such an infinite wealth, and to such glo- 
rious dignities ; by me (they making Re- 
ligion a cloak for me to put on ), they got 
such stately houses for their dwellings, 
and for the variety of their orders, built 
in the best places of every nation ; and 
such yearly revenues as did exceed for 
their certain maintenance. 

Good, my Lord, let it please your Lord- 
ship to think better of me, than these men 
procured for witnesses have been sug- 
gested ; for falsely have they spoken 
against me. Good, my Lord, good, my 
Lord, do me right I beseech you. 

Stand up, stand up, fellow ! I have judge's 
heard with patience these thy verbal apo- s P eech - 
logics ; thy subtle shifts to acquit thyself, 
thy fair shews to win thee credit, if it 
were possible thereby to procure thine 
own release , but know, that yet for all 
that thou hast said, the Enditement a- 
gainst thee standeth firm, and the evi- 
dence against thee is good, which here 
my brethren the King's Sergeant, and the 
King's Attorney, and these worthy Gen- 
tlemen, Justices of this County, likewise 
affirm. 

It is very true which your Lordship 
saith. 

Good, my Lord, before you pronounce 
sentence against me, as you be a righte- 
ous Judge, hear me but this once more. 

L 



110 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

What hast thou to say yet for thy- 
self? 
Covetous- My Lord, I am endicted by a wrong 
find an° Qld ljame ' m Y nam ^ (my Lord) is Thrift, 
♦ nor in the and fiot Covetousness, as all this while 
mem! e m y adversaries have born your Lordship 
in hand. 

Then the Judge asked Justice Sapience 
where his examination was ? The Justice's 
Clerk called Experience, brought it forth 
and read it; in which his name was found 
to be Covetousness, and that by the wit- 
nesses of his neighbours, to whom he was 
very well known. 

Fellow ! saith the Judge, Why dost 
thou deny thy name ? 
The Covet- My Lord, I do not deny it, for my 
ous will be name } s Thrift ; but when I £ot up some 

onlv held T , n • r\ 

Thriftv. wealth, the envy of my neighbours gave 
me this other nick-name ; and so common 
it grew, by their so often calling me, that I 
lost my other name among them. But there 
are divers of my honest neighbours who 
love me, and are glad of my welfare, they 
have told me, that my name formerly was 
Thrift, and they do assure me that I am 
untruly called Covetousness. 

Then saith the Judge, Who be these, 
and what are their names ? 

Who they lyr^ Lord, one is Master Fair-speech, 

be that call , V , . , , , • i\ t 

Covetous- a loving, kind man ; and another is Mas- 
ffift. n,y ter S° 0t hi n 9 ms kinsman, both of them 



THE ISLE OF MAX. Ill 

my familiar friends, whom I have often 
invited and welcomed to my house. Also 
many other of my good neighbours do 
affirm as much to me, as my neighbour 
Needy, Retainer, Dependant, Workman, 
Hireling, Tenant, Fear-man, Faint-heart, 
Loath-to-of) end, and Fawning; for though 
some of these be but poor men, yet 1 have 
ever known them all to be so honest, that 
they have hated to flatter me. There are 
besides these my Lord, other very sub- 
stantial gentlemen ; as Master Lucre, 
Master Bribery, Master Oppression, 
Master Hard-dealing, Master Niggard, 
Master Pinch-poor, Master Extortion, 
Master Base-mind, Master Usury, Mas- 
ter Hard-heart, Master Love-good, and 
Master Gripe-hard : all these, my Lord, 
and other more of my good friends, have 
much marvelled that I would suffer my- 
self to be so falsely called Covetousness 
by these my accusers, my ever hateful and 
malicious enemies ; such as is Master Pity, Enemie? to 
Master Relief, Master Liberality, Master jr e 7 s etous - 
Bounty, Master Hospitality, with certain 
lewd companions ; such as Careless and 
Wasteful, Pride and Prodigality, Ldle } 
and Belly-cheer, with the like haters of 
my thriving, and provident courses; for I 
have heard some preachers say, that he 
which provide i:h not for his family, is 



112 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



What the 
Covetous 
may do. 



Covetous- 
ness hath 
fair preten 
ces. 



worse tlan an infidel; and I would be 
loath to be held such an one that am a 
Christian man. And, my Lord, if it 
please you to hear me, and also to believe 
me, I have ever hated Covetousness, for 
I keep my church, I say daily my prayers, 
and now and then, I hear preachers, yea 
such as be held of the better sort, ever 
railing against the Covetous. I have 
been patron of many a good benefice, and 
have ever given them freely; and if it 
happened that I reserved out of them any 
tithes, it was then upon my Chaplain's 
thankfulness, and only upon an honest 
composition. I have given alms now and 
then ; I have not been altogether so hard- 
hearted to the poor ; when I sold or let 
any thing, as often as I did, the price set 
upon the same ever was so reasonable, 
(as my Stewards and Bailiffs told me, for 
I trusted them,) that if one would not 
give the money, another would. If in 
housekeeping I have been any whit spar- 
ing, it was only wariness to avoid Riot, 
Excess, Drunkenness, and Gluttony, 
which every honest man hateth. If the 
poor (so many as came) were not all re- 
lieved, it was for that I saw beggars to 
increase thereby, and so I may do more 
harm than good by my alms ; for while some 
came from far, for an alms, or a penny, 



THE ISLE OF MAX. 



113 



they might have earned at home in that 
lime perhaps two-pence. I gathered, my 
Lord, what I have gotten, by Gods bless- 
ing, and great pains taking, for present 
and for future maintenance of myself, my 
wife, and children after me ; and I meant 
withal, when I died, to have given some- 
thing to the church, something to the poor, 
and a reward to a preacher, to preach my 
funeral sermon; and somewhat more per- 
haps, to other good uses. 

Good, my Lord, I beseech you consi- ri:e Covet- 
der of me; I have ever had a good mind li^Xm-' 3 ' 
to wrong no man, but only have strove selves. 
carefully and honestly to thrive in this 
hard world; and if all my courses be never 
so strictly observed, they will only prove 
me to be Thrift (which is my right name,) 
and not Covetousness. It hath been my 
mishap, though I have done good deeds, 
to be very wrongfully abused, either by 
such as envied my good prosperity, or by 
some railing tenants, or by some bordering 
neighbours that cannot buy of me, how, 
when, and what they list, at their own 
prices; or by some unthankful persons 
not satisfied according to their humours, 
though rewarded above their deserts, 
Good, my Lord, be good unto me, and 
be not carried away with the words 
of my malicious, envious accusers . 

Fellow ! (saith the Judge) but that I 
l'8 



114 THE ISLE OF MAX. 

only sit to judge, and not to be thy accu- 
ser, I could tell thee ; firsts that those 
thou hast before named, to prove thee to 
be Thrift, and not Covetousness, are either 
flatterers, or fearful to displease thee, or 
wretched men, companions in evil like to 
thyself; and therefore their witness is no- 
One may be thing worth: Next, that all thou hast al- 
and^eTdo ^ e E e & concerning thy religion, thy alms- 
many com- deeds, thy house-keeping, and the rest, do 
lhing S a . ble not clear tn ? e of Covetousness. For the 
Scribes and Pharisees would pay tithes, 
Matt. n. fast weekly, make many and long pray- 
ers ; yea, they heard John Baptist, a severe 
reprover of Sin, and Christ Jesus too, 
who sharply reprehended them : they 
would give alms, adorn sepulchres, and 
Luke 16. 14. do many things which you come far short 
of, and yet were they very covetous. The 
young man that came to Christ, and 
stood upon his well-doing towards all men, 
Matt. 29. and that from his youth up; yet, was he a 
Ma.k 10.24. Mammonist, and trusted in his riches. 
Ezek.33.30. There were certain Jews, as one prophet 
telleth us, who would hear sermons, seem 
to delight therein, shew love to their teach- 
ers in word, and speak to others to go and 
hear them, yet their hearts followed after 
their covetousness. In a word, the car- 
riage of thy own speech uttered in thy 
own praises, savoureth strongly of Covet- 
ousness. But, as I said, I will not be both 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 115 

an Accuser and thy Judge : we will hear 
witnesses for the King in this point also. 
Call in witnesses. 

Then the Clerk telleth the Crier to call 
in one Master Proof, and one Master 
Signs. 

Master Proof, and Master Signs, come 
into the court to give evidence against the 
prisoner at the bar, or else you forfeit 
your Recognizances. 

Master Proof stand up to the bar, that 
my Lord may hear you. 

Then saith the Judge., 

Master Proof, look upon the prisoner, 
do you know him? 

Yea, my Lord, I have known him from 
a child; his name is Covetoustiess. 

But he denieth it now, saith the Judge, 
and calls himself Thrift. 

My Lord, he of late is grown ashamed 
of his name ; but neither is. nor ever was 
ashamed, either of the nature or practice 
of Covetousness, as I and Master Signs 
here do well know, and are able to make 
good against him. 

Then vou hold not his name to be 
Thrift. 

No verily, my Lord, though he hath 
pretended it to cover his odious, though 
very true name. Yet it is not to be de- 
nied, my Lord, but that one Thrift dwelt 



116 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

where he now dwelleth, and indeed, he is 
a descendant of Thrift, and thus it was. 
Thrift turn- This Master Thrift was once Steward 
covetous" to three worshipful gentlemen, Master 
and how. Liberality, Master Bounty, and Master 
Hospitality, and carried himself verj 
commendably in their services, and after- 
wards for himself, when he came to be a 
housekeeper, until he fell in acquaintance 
with a very pestilent, subtile, base petti- 
The Devil, fogger, who gave him such bad counsel, 
as unhappily brought him to fall into fa- 
The pedi- miliarity with one Distrust, and suddenly 
gree of Co- ^ marry a daughter of his, called Not- 
shewing the content. Through this his unhappy father- 
therJoMn m ~l aw ey e r urging, and his unquiet wife's 
whomso- solicitation, he was much altered in his 
ever it is. na £ ure anc [ condition from that which he 
was before. Of this woman Notcontent, 
he had divers children ; among the rest, 
Care, Fear, Spare, Hardfare, . Toilsome, 
and withal, one called Gain : Those for- 
mer sons were sour, sad, froward, and 
very unquiet: but this lad Gain was a 
pleasant youth, and often made his pa- 
rents very merry, and therefore though 
they neglected not the other, yet their 
chiefest d .flight was set upon this. This 
son they made so much of, as they suf- 
fered him to set his love upon one Covet- 
ing, the base daughter of Desire; this 



THE ISLE OF MAX. 

fellow Covetousness, was their son, the 
prisoner now at the bar: who when he 
was but a very babe, so continually lay 
sucking at his mother Covering's breasts, 
as she had not milk enough for him; and 
therefore, with her husband Gaiti's con- 
sent, she put him to be nursed, and nou- 
rished up of one Greedy, the wife of 3Io- 
ney-love. Now so it fell out, that these 
two had a daughter called Hope-to-in- 
crease, to which he at ripe years was mar- 
ried, who between themselves, as also by 
the help of their parents, on both sides ; 
of his parents Gain and Coveting, and of 
her parents Greedy and Money-love, they 
did grow rich and very great. And so 
insatiable hath he been ever in getting, 
as he justly deserveth to be called Covet- 
ousness, his very true and proper name. 
And this is that which I have to say, my 
Lord, and I hope it may give the Jury 
satisfaction, that he is not endited by a 
false name. 

If you have spoken, Master Proof, 
then, Crier, call in Master Signs, saith the 
Judge. 

Master Signs, saith the Crier, stand up 
to the bar. 

Then the Judge asked him, if he knew 
the prisoner ? 

My Lord, saith he, I have known this 
man of a long time, his name is Covetous- 



117 



118 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

ness ; he was so born, and brought up, 
as Master Proof hath witnessed to your 
Lordship, and to the Jury. 

But, saith the Judge, you have heard 
him deny that this is his name ; what 
evident tokens can you therefore decipher 
him by, that the Jury may know him to 
be the very man ? 

My Lord, though I know him to be 
blinded with Self-love, and with an over 
good conceit of himself, as rich men corn- 
Fro. 28. n. monly be, (so saith Solomon,} as also 
that he is flattered by such, as he himself 
hath named to your Lordship, that he 
will never believe what I shall say ; yet 
will I deliver undoubted tokens to the 
Jury, for them to know assuredly that he 
is the very man, according to his name ; 
a right Mammonist. For, my Lord, he 
cannot deny that he was ever content 
Sisns of a with his estate, Heb. xiii. 5, but through 
the love of money, which he coveteth af- 
ter, he hath laboured and made haste to 
be rich, 1. Tim. vi. 9. Pro v. xxiii. 4. 
and xxviii. 20, and never would be sa- 
tisfied, Eccles. v. 6, 10, nor have enough, 
Isa. Ivi. 11. For as riches increased, so 
he set his heart upon them, Psal. lxii. 10. 
His chiefest joy was because his wealth 
was great, and because his hand had got- 
ten much, Job xxxi. 25. He hath received 
silver rather than instruction, and gold 



covetous 
person 



THE ISLE OF MAX. 119 

rather than knowledge, Prov. viii. 10. 
His trust was in his riches, Prov. xi. 20. 
Jer. xlviii. 7. His wealth was his strong 
city, Prov. x. 15, and as a high wall in 
his conceit, Prov. xviii. 11. Greedy hath 
lie been of gain, and through his greedi- 
ness, hath he troubled his own house, 
Prov. v. 27. By chiding, turmoiling, 
pinching-fare, and such like means, he 
hath increased his estate by unjust gain 
and oppression, Prov. xxviii. 8, and xxii. 
16. Gifts he hath loved and received. 
Prov. xxix. 4. Isa. i. 23. In his abund- 
ance he hath not had power given him to 
live plentifully, Eccles. vi. 2. but hath 
spareth more than needeth, Prov. xi. 24. 
He hath eaten upon other men's labours, 
Isa. iii. 14, and his neighbours' labours he 
hath used without recompence, Jer. xxii, 
13, for he always only looked to his own 
ways, and to his own gain, Isa. lvi. 1L 
Studying to join house to house, and field 
to field, that he might be alone, Isa. v. 8. 
He hath built houses by unrighteousness 
and wrong, Jer. xxii. 13. He hath made 
unhonest gain, Ezek. xxii. 13. 24. And 
gotten greedily by extortion, Ezek. xxii. 
12. His eyes and his heart were only 
for covetousness, Jer. xxii. 17. Besides 
all these, my Lord, he hath suffered the 
cares of this world, and cleceitfulness of 
riches, to choke the word of God, that it 



120 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



hath been without fruit in him, Matt. xiii. 
22. He never devised liberal things, Isa. 
xxxii. 8. Not to despise the gain of deceits, 
Isa. xxxii. 8. Any proposition tending 
to cost was ever displeasing to him, and 
Matt. 19. like the young man in the Gospel, would 
he go away heavily, as one grieved to 
part with his goods. As an Ahab he ne- 
ver could see a Naboth's vineyard lying 
commodiously for him, but he eagerly 
gaped after it. If he gave to the poor, 
and to good uses, it was of necessity, not 
freely, 2 Cor. ix. 5, sparingly, and not 
bountifully, nor cheerfully, and of a will- 
ing mind, pleading not to be so rich as 
men took him to be, Prov. xiii. 7. 
When doth And whereas this man saith, that he 
a man hate ^^ ever hated Covetousness, as indeed 

Covetous- ^ ...",„ 

ness. he ought to have done, rrov. xxvm. 16. 

Surely if he had, then would he, my Lord, 
with David (one that bestowed infinite 
treasures to holy uses), have prayed 
against the Covetousness of his own heart, 
Psal. cxix. 25. He would have been 
more liberal, more bountiful, more given 
to hospitality, and more ready to good 
works, than he hath been hitherto. He 
would be like Cornelius, giving much 
alms, Acts x. My Lord, I have known 
him to watch opportunity to get advan- 
tages both of rich and poor: If Master 
Liberality, Bounty, Hospitality, Good 






THE ISLE OF MAX. 121 

Work, Church, or Commonweal did ever 
employ him, he then would make gain of 
them all to himself. Where he found 
any good fellows for his turn, as Waste, 
Prodigality, Pride, Idle, Needy or 
Simple, as long as they had any thing, 
lie would speak kindly to them ; offer to 
lend them upon usury and mortgages, 
till he had undone them, which he that 
hateth Covetousness would never have 
done. 

To be short, my Lord, all the wit- 
nesses produced already, with the just 
complaint of poor Poverty, proclaim his 
name to be Covetousness, yea, as your 
Lordship hath well observed, his own 
speeches and practices, cry shame against 
him. 

Would a man hating Covetousness, 
commend the practice of Sir Worldly- 
wise as he hath done ? 

Would he commend and entertain in The cruelty 
his service, Advantage and Holdfast, *"« of S Co- 
Rack-rent, and Over-reach, Make-much vetousness. 
and Pinch-hard, Spare-purse and Nig- 
gard, Hardfare and Churl, Cold-welcome 
and Wish-rid, Scarce Drink and Fare- 
well, with a company of base characters, 
such as these, Slipthrift and Poor-icage, 
Lack-means and Loiterer, with So-live 
and Or-begone f If Covetousness did not 
oversway him. he would surely abandon 

M 



122 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

all such contemptible companions, which 
are ever a disgrace to Liberality, Bounty \ 
and Hospitality ; such fellows as these 
afore-named, they scorn to have abiding 
in their mansions. 

I have been, my Lord, somewhat too 
long I fear me ; but I hope, I have satis- 
fied your Lordship and the Jury, and 
spoken but that which is truth. 

Master Signs, saith the Judge, you 
and Master- Proof have performed the 
parts of honest men. 

Sirrah ! sirrah ! thou that hast so im- 
pudently denied thy name here before the 
face of thy Country, being so clearly 
proved against thee everyway, what canst 
thou yet allege for thyself, that now the 
sentence of death should not be pro- 
nounced against thee ? 

Good, my Lord, a psalm of mercy. 

What ! canst thou, so notorious a trai- 
tor to God, to his church, to thy king, 
and to thy country, now imagine to reap 
any benefit by thy clergy ? 

Good, my Lord, I pray your Lordship 
of mercy, good, my Lord. 

Fellow, hold thy peace ! and hear with 
patience thy just deserved judgment. 
The sen- Covetousness, thou hast been endited 

teuce a- by the name of Covetousness, of all the 
vetousness. aforesaid felonies, Oppressions, and Mur- 
ders, and for the same thou hast been ar- 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 123 

raigned ; thou hast pleaded Not Guilty, 
and hast put thyself upon thy trial, and 
been found guilty ; having no more to say 
for thyself, this is the law. 

Thou art to be counted Idolatry before Eph. 5. 3. 
God, and also the root of all evil, and so 
damning a sin, as not to be named a- 
mongst Christians, and that such as by 
thee are made covetous, are to be aban- 
doned of all good men, as of God they 1 cor. 5. 
are abhorred, being worthy of eternal 
death : and have no inheritance in the 
kingdom of Christ and of God, but upon p sa . 10# 3 . 
them must come the wrath of God, as 
upon the children of disobedience. Thou Rom< la 
art, therefore, as a rotten member of the ^- 3>i - 
flesh, to be mortified and cut off. Col. 3. 5. 6. 

Master Sheriff, do execution ; which the 
Under- Sheriff seeth performed. 

Gaoler, set Papistry to the Bar. 

Papistry, hold up thy hand. 

Papistry, thou art here endited by the Papistry 
name of Papistry, of the City of Borne, yndiled: 
in the County of Babylon, that thou being 
a bastard Christian, begotten of Heresy, 
Judaism, Paganism, hast by violent force 
and arms invaded the territories of the 
Church of God, and by Spanish Inqui- 
sition, bloody massacres, stabbing, poison- 
ing, and killing of kings, gunpowder 
plots, treasons, rebellions, and other hel- 
lish practices, usurped authority, and 



124 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

thrust upon God's people their human 
traditions, inventions, superstitions, will- 
worship, heresies, Jewish ceremonies, and 
Paganish idolatry, to the damnation of 
many Christian souls, contrary to the 
peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, 
his crown and dignity. What sayest 
thou hereunto ; art thou Guilty, or Not 
Guilty? 

Not Guilty, my Lord. 
By whom wilt thou be tried ? 
By God and the Country. 
Papistry^ But, good, my Lord, let me have ano- 
Peution. ther Jury chosen, I do not except against 
the former Jury, Faith, Love, Fear, 
Charity, Sincerity, Patience, Innocency, 
and the rest ; but, my Lord, though they 
be honest men, and have well discharged 
themselves in their verdict upon other 
prisoners, yet have they not such judg- 
ment and understanding as others have, 
to discern of my cause, and the truth of 
the Evidence which shall be brought a- 
gainst me. 

Papistry, because neither thou nor any 
of thy slanderous favourites may say, that 
thou hast been proceeded against rigo- 
rously and unjustly, without respect to 
the truth of the cause, I am content to 
call a new Jury, if here we can have so 
many as will make up the number. 






THE ISLE OF MAN. 125 

1 humbly thank you, my good Lord, 
God reward your Lordship for it. 

Master Sheriff] empannel a new Jury 
of very substantial men, the chiefest you 
can find, and fittest to go upon this pri- 
soner now at the Bar. 

My Lord, I supposed, that as he would 
crave, so from your Lordship's upright- 
ness he should obtain this favour, there- 
fore have I prepared a full Jury to this 
purpose. 

It was done wisely of you, Master a Jury 
Sheriff'. Let them be called. a ?* inst Pa 

Crier, Call in the Jury. 

1. Call Common Principles. Vousavez b> these 
Common Principles. twelve 

2 Call Apostles' Creed. Vous avez pistry mav 
The Creed. be «»*««»• 

3 Call Second Commandment. Second 
Commandment, come in. 

My Lord, I cannot get in. 

What's the matter ? 

My Lord, saith the Crier, the Papists 
keep him out. 

Command to let him in. Vous avez 
The Second Commandment. 

4 Call Paternoster, Vous avez Pa- 
ternoster. 

5 Call Holy Scriptures. Vous avez 
Holy Scriptures. 

6 Call the Apocrypha. Vous avez 
Apocrypha. 

m 3 



126 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

7 Call Counsels. Vous avez Counsels. 

8 Call Ancient Fathers for the first six 
hundred years after Christ. Vous avez 
Ancient Fathers. 

9 Call Contradiction among themselves. 
Vous avez Contradiction. 

10 Call Absurdity of Opinion. Vous 
avez Absurdity of Opinion. 

11 Call Consent of their own men. 
Vous avez Consent. 

12 Call Testimony of Martyrs. Vous 
avez Testimony of Martyrs. 

Count, said the Clerk. 
Then the Crier bids them answer to 
their names. 

My Lord, here are some more sum- 
moned by Master Sheriff s authority. 
Who be they, Master Sheriff? 
Mr. Law Master Law, with his Sons, Civil, Ca- 

and his Sons non, Common, and Municipal. 

Well, let them attend the Court for the 
Kings service, for use, if need be. 

Papistry, if thou canst justly except 

against any, I give thee leave to challenge 

. any such of the Jury. 

turVis by P Good, my Lord, only one of the Jury 

chTfp'ex- ^ exce P^ against, which is Holy Scrip- 

cepted a- tures, except it be our own Transla- 

gainst, for +j nn 
Papists may tlon » 

he confuted Well, saith the Judge, I am content, it 
translation." shall be so, let it be either Montanus, or 



THE ISLE OE MAN. 127 

the Rliemist, or the Vulgar Edition ; we see my book 
desire a just proceeding with all the in- ■;J a 3 JJf t mti 

differency that may be. Rome. 

Then the Crier calleth aloud ; If any 
man can give evidence, or can say any 
thing against the prisoner at the bar, let 
him come in, for he stands upon his 
deliverance. 

Here is, my Lord, a worthy Gentleman, 
Mr. Verity. 

Master Verity, come near, what can Mr. Verity's 
you say concerning the prisoner at the evide «ce 

i r~ against 1 a~ 

bar t pisiry. 

My Lord, this I am able to justify ; Like false 
first, that he hath been a False teacher \T^l in 
from the beginning, fraught with error i- 
and heresies, teaching as the false teach- mark^iie 
ers did, such as be recorded in Scripture, Jl°^ tri " e ^ f 
if they were paralleled together, as the ers of old, 
Doctrine of Devils, 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2. Tra- ™* # papista 
ditions and Commandments of men, Matt, 
xv. 2. Mark vii. 8, 9. 13. Col. ii. 22. 
Venial sins, Matt, xxiii. 16. 18. Chil- 2. 
dren's neglect of Parents for Church's 3. 
profit, as they pretended, Matt. xv. 5. 4. 
Mark vii. 11. Superstitious observation 5. 
in meats and holy days, Matt. xv. 11. 
Col. ii. 16. 21. Laying heavy burdens 6. 
upon the people, Luke xi. 46. Justifica- r. 
tion by works, therewith troubling the s. 
Churches, Gal. ii. 18. and iii. 2. and v. 4. 
12. Voluntary Religion and Will-worship, »• 






128 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

10. Col. ii 18. 23. The worship of Angels, 

Col. ii. 18. Carnal liberty, 2 Pet. ii. 19. 
li. Rev. ii. 15. 20. And teaching for filthy 

Lucre, Tit. ii. 11. Thus are they, as 
were the false Teachers, as the Scriptures 
in the New Testament set them out, like 
in all these things. 

How like they are, my Lord, to after 
Heretics, learned Whitaker in his book 
De Ecclesia, in the first Question, shew- 
eth in manyvparticulars. 
Like fai«e Secondly, my Lord, he hath used the 
Teachers in very same Practices which False Teach- 
Practice^of ers nave usec ^ ' ne doth to ma ke way for 
false Teach- his doctrine, worship, and advancement, 
c'oi. 2.2. 23. even as they did. They played the hy- 
2 Tim. 3. 5, pocrites in outward humility, in long 
2 Pe. 24. prayers and forms of Devotion, and so 
andr/l' 2 ' m isled silly Women. They graced their 
i Pe. l. is. doctrine with shew of Forefathers. They 
i Tim.* I.' & took away the Key of Knowledge, and 
J Tim. 4 - 7 - neither would enter into life, nor suffer 
i Vim. i.2o. others. They told the people old Wives' 
a JtsTii 2 24* Fables, an( l told lies in hypocrisy. They 
Rev. 2. 20. used sleights and cunning craftiness to 
Hatt.7.23. deceive. They boasted of their learning, 
Peut. 13. i, used profane, and vain-babbling, and op- 
Acts 17. 7. positions of sciences, as they termed it. 
and 24. 5. They pretended Revelations, Apostolical 
and 25. 7. Traditions, and alleged counterfeit writ- 
\cte a4*5°' m S s * They had the Prophetical Women, 
John s. 39. and deceiving Prophetesses* They had 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 129 

their Miracle-workers, Casters out of De- Matt. 3. 9. 
vils, and Dreamers of Dreams. They 2C0r.11.13. 
would slander men's persons, and the Rom. 16. 8. 
doctrine of faithful Teachers, and lay to ^ c c t ° • 4 2 ' 1 *; 
their charge what they could not prove, and 22. 1. 
speaking of them contemptuously, and *nd 26 ^fo, 
railing on them. They boasted to be the n - 
True Church, and that by Succession they a nd 22.* 
were of the Fathers. They would use fair ? ev *<? * 14 
and smoothing words, and teach with en- and 13. 50.' 
ticing words, and did strive for excellency 
of speech of man's wisdom to deceive. 
When they could not prevail by fair means, 
then they would suborne false witnesses : 
they threatened, beat, imprisoned, ba- 
nished, and slew the faithful teachers and 
Christian believers. They would plot con- 
spiracies to the shedding of blood, and the 
priests must be acquainted herewith be- 
forehand to encourage them hereto. They 
would make open insurrections, and stir 
lip great personages to take part with 
them. And what rebellion, treasons, con- 
spiracies, insurrections, and persecutions, 
this Papistry hath wrought, my Lord 
Bishop of Chichester hath openly disco- 
vered to the world in his book of Thanks- 
giving for our deliverance from all these 
traitors, Morton, Sands, Parsons, Cam- Popish Trai- 
pian, Ballard Watson, Clerk, Garnet, J^'j^ 8 * 
Priests and Jesuits; Stukely Somervile, Popish Trai- 
Throgmorton, Parry, Babington, and his tors > Uics ' 



130 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

company ; Lopus, Tyrone, Markham, 
Brook, with others, Piercy, Catesby, and 
all the Gunpowder Plotters, Laics. And 
this, my Lord, is not what I could, but 
what 1 thought sufficient to testify at this 
time, because I would not be tedious. 

Mr. Verity, by what you have said, it 
is easy to see how this man hath followed, 
both the false Teachers in doctrine, and 
the enemies of the Gospel in their prac- 
tices. If there be any more witnesses, 
let them come forth. 

Yes, my Lord, here is Sir Christianity. 

Sir Christianity, what is it that you 

have to say against this prisoner at the 

Bar? 

Sir Chris- ]\/[y Lord, I was commanded to be here 

evidence to-day to give evidence what I know a- 

a f!*t" st Pa " gainst this man, and this I am willing to 

How Pa- d° f° r * ne service of my Sovereign. This 

pists are like j s w hat I have to say, my Lord, that this 

& ' man with his associates hath, instead of 

Christian Religion, set up a service of 

See Matthi- Judaism, and Paganism, which I am able 

Eev. 11. 2. to prove in a multitude of particulars ; but 

r[g™ ^| e because I am loath to be tedious in my 

relation, I have brought here with. me 

Three Books, that the Jury may judge of 

all the particulars ; or they may be read 

before the prisoner, if your Lordship shall 

be pleased to have it also. 

ThreeBooUs What Books, Sir Christianity ? 






[ MAX. 

Mj : that that is called • The 

thn I out lately. T " i " 

other is 4 De Origine Papatus,' set out 2 : p- oo- 
by one Doctor Morisin, and dedicated to SUT * 
liis late Majesty : and our third is, our 
learned countryman Doctor • Raynolds' 3 . r.. V; . 

i rence with Hart.' never answered by :iml fiart - 
any Papist to this day ; who sheweth how 
tlie Popish service is like unto the Jewish 
in very many particulars, and wherein 
they be more Heal than Jewish. 

1 am content to have them read to 
spare your speech touching the Jewish 
service. 

So having been read, the Jndge yet 
wished Sir ( Uy to declare openly 

how Pagan-like Papists be. and as the 
Heathenish Idolaters in Israel and Judah 
were, and only out of the undoubted tes- 
timonies of Scripture and the Apocryphal 
books, because these learned authors had 
omitted it. 

My Lord. I shall, saith Sir Christianity^ 
perform this task with as great brevity as 
I may ; that this prisoner (if it be possible) 
may see how wickedly he hath dealt with P 
men's souls, to set up instead of God's ser- " V" m 
vice, an idolatrous, and Pagan-like wor- * . - = = . 
ship. 

These Pagans set forth God like a man. Ro , i. 22. 
The idolatrous Israelites had a Queen of-j5 r 7 - ■ «■ 
Heaven; they had I Id, and YOU'itr. 



132 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



I*a.44. 10. 

Jer. 10. 4. 
Bar. 6. 4,5. 
Dent. 7. 5. 
and 11. 3. 
2 Ki. 17. 14 
2 Ch.3.7.9. 
and 34. 4. 
Jodg. 18. 18, 
Ezek. 22. 14. 
15, 16. 
and S. 10. 
Num. 33.62. 



Adorned 
Images. 



Music, 
dancing. 



Temples. 



Chapel?!. 
Images in 
every place. 



Groves. 



silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone, and 
some of clay ; some molten, some carved 
and graven, some pourtrayed upon walls, 
and other Pictures ; some were like men, 
Lam. iii. 1, 1 Sam. v. 3, 4 ; and some like 
women, Acts xix. 27, 2 Maccab. i. 13, 

1 Sam. xxxi. 10 ; some like beasts, (like 
St. George and the Dragon,) Exod. 34, 
Wisdom xi. 15. They adorned them with 
silver and gold, Jer. x. 4., and set crowns 
upon some of their heads, covering them 
with costly garments and of divers co- 
lours, Deut. vii. 25, Heb. ii. 19, Baruch 
vi.8,9. 14, 15. 29. 39. 50. 55.58, Ezek. 
xvi. 18, Wisd. xii. 14 ; carrying a sceptre 
in the hand, or a dagger, or an axe, Baruch 
vi. 14, 15. They set them up with great 
devotion and solemnity, with music and 
melody, Dan. iii. 3; with singing, dancing, 
and other delights, Exod. xxii. 5. They 
built Temples for these Images, Joel iii. 5, 

2 Maccab. i. 13. 15, Baruch vi. 18; which 
were the houses of their gods, Judg. xvii. 
4, 1 Sam. 5. 2 ; and called them Sanctu- 
aries, Isa. xvi. 12. They had Chapels for 
them, Amos vii. 12. Yea, they set them 
upon tops of hills, 1 Kings xiv. 23, 2 Kings 
xvii. 10. They had them in private houses, 
Judges xvii. 4. 18; in chambers, Ezek. 
viii. 12 ; and in secret places, Deut. xvii. 
15. They had their pleasant Groves plant- 
ed, Jer. xvii. 2, 1 Kings xiv. 23; and they 



THE TSLE OF MAN. 133 

also had their Images, 1 Kings xv. 13, 
2 Chron.xv. 16, 2 Kings xvii. 10. They Stamlin , 
had their standing Pillars and Images, as Pillars as 
the Papists their crosses, Deut. xii. 3, and Crosses be * 
xvi. 22, 2 Kings xvii. 10, Lev. xvi. 1. 
These were in the head of highways and I f nor a nt 

p /-»• • t» i • -m t «-ir» allnreil to 

streets ot Cities, Ezek. xvi. 31, Jer. xi. 13. idolatry. 
The multitude were allured by the gorge- 
ous decking of them, Wisdom xiv. 20, and 
xv. 5, 6. Yea, they doted upon them, J^ 6 / on 
Ezek. viii. 10, 11. They worshipped them, 
bowed unto them, and fell down before 
them, Dan. iii. 2, Isa. xliv. 7, Jos. 23. 6. 
They would lift up their eyes unto them, Prayed to 
Ezek. xxxiii. 25. Pray unto them, 1 Kings them ' 
xviii. 26, Hab. ii. 16, Isa. xliv. 17. Kiss Kissed 
them, Hos. xiii. 2, 2 Kings xix. 8 ; set up them ' 
Candles before them, Baruch vi. 19. Make Candies set 
vows to them, Baruch vi. 35 ; and go on "hem! ° re 
Pilgrimage, to some of them very far, Jer. Yows > p»i- 

t a a j.' ■ i gnmage. 

Ii. 44, expecting some miraculous cure 
from the Image, Baruch vi. 41. In enter- 
ing into their Temples they sprinkled 
themselves with water. Altars they had A!tars set » 

n , r l o TH_ i • numbers of 

ot stone, Isa. lxv. 3. lhey used vain re- prayers, 
petitions in their prayers, Mat. vi. 7. They 
measured their Religion, and goodness 
thereof by plenty, Jer. xliv. 7. They had Sacrificing 
their sacrificing Priests, Acts xiv. 13 ; and v " es 
they were shaven Priests, Baruch vi. 31, 
32. Sometimes they were of the basest 
of the people, 1 Kings xii. 31. Whoso- 



ven. 



134 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 



ever would, might for money, or for mo- 
ney-worth, make himself a Priest, 1 Kings 
xii. 31, 2 Chron. xiii. 9. And some served 
for base wages, Judges 17 '. They had 
their Concubines, Baruch vi. 11, Hos. iv. 
14. Some of them would wear hair 
clothes, and torment themselves, 1 Kings 
xviii. 26. 28, Zach. xiii. 4; and of a devo- 
tion in a Will-worship macerate their bo- 
dies, punishing and not sparing their 
bodies, Col. li. 23. Their Teachers taught 
for hire, Mich. iii. 11, 2 Pet. ii. 13. 15, 
Rev. ii, Tit. i. 11. For gifts, they would 
promise life and peace, Ezek. xiii. 22, 
Jer. xxiii. 14. 17. In their service they 
had variety of music, Dan. iii. Their set 
holy days, Exod. xxxii, 2 Kings xiii. They 
had their holy women attending the Idol- 
service, Ezek. viii. 14; working for them, 
xiii. 18, 2 Kings xxiii. 7 ; and prophecy- 
ing lies, Ezek. xiii. 22 ; and were great 
worshippers of the Queen of Heaven, Jer. 
Several Pro- vii. 18, and xliv. 19. They had also their 
Countries! several gods for their several countries, as 
Papists have their Saints, 2 Kings xvii. 
29, and xviii. 34. They would pray to 
these, and swear by them, Jer. v. 7, and 
xii. 16, Gen. xxxi. 53, 1 Kings xix. 2, 
2 Kings xvii. 35, Zeph. i. 5. Some in 
Israel which fell to Heathenish idolatry 
Some like to were like Church-Papists ; for they would 
PapSts!™*" wors hip Idols, and yet go to God's house, 



Priests' 
Concubines. 

Wearing of 
haii -cloth. 



Will -wor- 
ship taught 
for hire. 



Variety of 
Music. 
Holy days. 
Nans, or ho 
]y women. 



Swear by 
them. 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 135 

and hear his prophets, Jer. vii. 8. 10, 2 
Kings xvii. 14, Ezek. xiv. 3. 7, and xx. 1. 
31, and xxiii. 29. When Idolatry was They did 
cast out of the Church, as we have done against'serv- 
the idolatry of Rome, the Idolaters would ingof God 

i • mi • i i i after his 

condemn it as an ill act m them, and speak WO rd. 
against the serving of God aright, as Pa- 
pists do against us, 2 Kings xviii. 22. 
Thev worshipped towards the East, Ezek. worshipped 

... «* l. 1 ' God to the 

vin. lb. lhey were very superstitious, E as t. 
Acts xix. They lived in very gross igno- Sll P erstl - 
ranee of the truth, and in liberty of sin- ignorance. 
ning, Isa. xliv. 18, 19, and xlv. 20, Eph. 
iv. 18, 19, Wisd. xiv. 15, 16, 17. They 
worshipped they knew not what, John iv. 
22. Their Festivals after their Idol ser- Howthey 
vice they spent in eating, drinking, sing- holy days, 
ing, dancing, Exod. xxxii. 6. 18, 19. They Revelling?, 
had their re veilings and meetings, full of 
excess and riot, 1 Pet. iv. 3. And would 
wonder at and speak ill of such as would 
not be like them. They had amongst 
them Conjurers, Wizards, Charmers, Ob- Conjurers, 
servers of Times, Soothsayers, Astrolo- f s *; £ \l\ 
gers, Star-gazers, and such like. To these Lev. i9 : 37. 
the people resorted and consulted with, Dan '1.4* 
2 Kings xxi. 6, 1 Sam. v. 2, 1 Chron. x. f^/^ 10, 
13, Hest. 37, and ix. 24, Deut. xviii. 14, La. 6. 2 
Isa. xix. 3, and xlvii. 12, 13, Hos. iv. 12, f™J;*i 
Ezek. xxi. 21, Jer. viii. 17, Acts viii. 10. Acts 9. u. 
They sacrificed to Nets, and burnt incense and i9, 19 " 
to Drags, Hab. i. 16. They believed that 



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some of their Images were approved of 

their great God from Heaven, Acts xv. 

They were 35. They were cruel and bloodily minded 

minded. against all that were against their Idolatry, 

Hos. v. 14, and xiii. 16, 2 Kings xxi. 15, 

16, Judges vi. 30, 2 Chron. xxiv. 18. 21. 

The Idolaters in Israel and Judah brought 

in the Heathen,as God's plague upon them, 

to punish them for their idolatry, 2 Chron, 

xxiv. 23, and xxi. 16,17, and xxxiii. 11, 

and xxx. 6, and x. 7, 1 Kings xvii. 18 ; as 

Papistry the * ne Papists have brought the Turks upon 

cause of the Christian world by their imagery and 

va/iiug^ 16 idolatry, Rev. ix. They were stupid, and 

Sottish in without understanding in their Idol- 

their idola- . . , . ° . 

try, and ob- making, and in setting them up to wor- 

stinate. g^ip them, Isa. xliv. 14. 20 ; and so con- 
tinued therein obstinate, as the Papists 
do. And thus have I shewed what I can 
say, my Lord, touching the Heathenish 
Idolaters, and their practices. 

Your evidence is so clear, Sir Chris- 
tianity, as hereby all may see how Pa- 
gan-like Papists be in their imagery, 
priests and temples. Is there any further 

Mr. Attor- evidence ? 

hi? evidence Then stands up Mr. Attorney General. 

a ?sm St ?a anc * ^ P rove mm t0 ue guilty °f Higli 

rapists are Treason, both against the person and the 

Treason! l aws of his Sovereign. My Lord,^ saith 

They have he, this fellow, under pretence of Reli- 

He°ad' r gion, (for all must be covered with his 



THE ISLE OF MAN. 137 

shadow,) hath set up another spiritual 
Head over the Church, besides Christ, 
even Antichrist his great enemy, as is 
sufficiently proved. Lie hath set up 
also Mediators of Intercession besides ^ i n e < ^ ,ier r 
Christ; also in his rebellious pride of 
heart he hath exalted man's merit, and 
made him a party Saviour of himself, by 
satisfactory punishments, either here, or 
in their feigned purgatory. Thus is he 
a rebel, and an abettor of rebels against 
Christ. 

Again, the Law of Christ, the Holy How Papists 
Scriptures, he hath notoriously corrup- mouliy Phe 
ted, and abused many ways. 1. He abuse the 
maketh it no ]jerfec£ rule. 2. He teach- eleven^ 6 ' 
eth blasphemously that the Original is wa > s - 
corrupt, and so shaketh the faith of all 
such as rest on the Scriptures. 3. He 
hath added to them man's writings, called 
Apocrypha, to make them canonical. 4. 
He hath feigned a traditional word, and 
equalleth the same with the Scriptures. 
5. He debarred for a long time the trans- 
lating of God's Word into a known 
tongue to keep the people from the un- 
derstanding thereof. 6. Being enforced 
at length to translate it, he hath of pur- 
pose done it corruptly; and with many 
uncouth and obscure words, hath hidden 
the truth still, to keep the people in 
blindness. 7. Yet this, their corrupt and 
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138 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

obscure translation, is not admitted in- 
differently to all, but to some, and to 
these under license for which they pay 
money. 8. These parties, though they 
may read the Scriptures, yet must it be 
with the Pope's Spectacles, and may not 
see further than the false Teacher pleas- 
eth, nor conceive otherwise of the e nse 
than he suggesteth, though the text be 
never so clear of itself. 9. They blas- 
phemously publish that the Scriptures 
Cuasamusin are a Nose of Wax, a dead Letter, dumb 
Lo E S"h J lf dges, and a black Gospel, inky Divinity, 
and may have one sense one time, and 
another at another time, according to the 
Church's state and condition. 10. They 
set up a corrupt Latin translation, for as 
authentical as the originals in the Hebrew 
and the Greek. 11. And lastly, they 
brought into the Church instead of the 
Holy Bible, a Book of Lies, to be read. 
Thus is the wicked wretch guilty of High 
Treason against our Sovereign. 
Counterfeit Besides that, he hath counterfeited his 
Sacraments. Majesty's broad Seal, inventing new Sa- 
craments, never of Christ's institution, 
and hath conspired and plotted the death 
of an innumerable multitude of his Ma- 
jesty's subjects in a most cruel and bloody 
manner. My Lord, he is no way longer 
to^kUera- to be endured ; for we shall never be at 
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139 



live ; for he is a rank traitor to our King 
and State, and underminer of Religion, 
and the true Church of Christ, and an 
enemy to our peace and welfare in the 
Commonwealth. 

Gentlemen, saith the Judge, you of the 
Jury have heard Master Attorney s wit- 
ness, also both what Master Verity, and 
Sir Christianity have spoken against him : 
now that you have heard the evidence so 
fully ; what say you touching the Pri- 
soner, Is he Guilty, or no ? 

Then the Foreman, in the name of all 
the rest, answereth, Guilty, my Lord. 

Whereupon the Judge turneth to the 
Prisoner, and saith, Papistry, thou hearest 
what grievous iniquities, foul and filthy 
abominations, murders, and massacres 
have been laid to thy charge ; thou hast 
heard the verdict of these so learned and 
well approved Gentlemen, chosen without 
all partiality to go upon thee. And they 
in their judgment, upon their consciences, 
have found thee guilty. What canst 
thou say for thyself, that sentence of 
death should not be pronounced against 
thee? 

My Lord, the Jury assuredly is cor- Papistry's 
rupted by some means or other, else A PP eal « 
would they never have found me guilty: 
for our learned men have cited many of 
these in my behalf, and therefore I ap- 



140 THE ISLE OF MAN. 

peal from them to a General Council, 
for the trial of their honesty in this * 
verdict. 

Upon this evil surmize and brazen- 
faced accusation, all the Jury fell a mur- 
muring, being much grieved to be taxed 
with faithlessness and perjury. The wor- ' 
shipful Gentlemen the Justices, and Mas- 
ter Sheriff, began to speak in their behalf, ' 
but the Judge standing up, stopped them ' 
and made answer for them. 

Papistry, to be brief with thee, thou 
to \lp\t^ art shamelessly impudent, to accuse these 
try's appeal- W orthy Gentlemen for justly proceeding ; 
according to the clear evidence to thy 
face. For thy learned men, they have 
only cited the names of some of these, 
but without their knowledge or consent. 
Yea, many testimonies they bring under 
their names, which indeed are proved to 
be counterfeits, abusing their unadvised 
readers in their unjust defence of thee. 
As for thy appeal to a General Council, 
it is but to set a good face upon an ill 
cause ; for thou knowest that we have long 
desired a Free General Council: but not a 
gathering together, like the evil Conven- 
ticle of Trent. 

But art thou not ashamed to conceit 
tl>e bringing of these men's verdict to the 
trial ? We must by them be tried, and 
not they by us. By what canst thou try 



THE ISLE OF MAN, 141 

the principles of Religion? Wilt thou 
deny them? Must Fathers, Councils, 
Scriptures, and all be brought under our 
judgments ? Thou hadst no cause to tax 
the Jury ; if any had been in fault, it 
should have been the witnesses ; but canst 
thou tax Verity of lying, or Christianity 
of falsehood ? As for Mr. Attorney, his 
speech is no more than your own words, 
writings, and practice do testify. 

Hear, therefore, thy sentence, justly 
deserved before God and men. 

Papistry, thou hast been endited by A Picture of 
the name of Papistry, of all these former apistiy * 
1 treasons, rebellions, conspiracies, gun- 
powder-plots, murders, massacres, false- 
hood, heresies, Judaism and Paganism ; 
and of that thy detestable idolatry ; and 
for the same hast been arraigned, thou 
hast pleaded Not Guilty, hast put thyself 
upon the trial, and being found Guilty, 
having no more to say for thyself, this is 
the law. 

That thou > the Master of Iniquity, Papistry 
with the old Serpent called the Devil, or ^"nTpu of 
satan, thy father, with thy lewd mother, hell, 
that great whore, drunk with the blood 
of the Martyrs of Jesus, which sitteth 
upon a scarlet-coloured beast, as also 2 Thes. 2. 
with that^false Prophet, the Son of Per- R ev 12 9 
dition, thy guide and governor, shall be and 17 - 3 - »• 
cast alive where the Dragon is, into the and 19. 2t). 

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Rev. i4. | a k e f fi re? burning with brimstone, 
there to be tormented with all the marked 
ones in the presence of the holy angels, 
and in the presence of the Lamb, with- 
out rest day and night, the smoke oi 
which torment shall ascend up for ever 
and for ever, without mercy or hope oi 
redemption ! 
The Court After this sentence, there is made an 
breaketh up. Oyes ; and so the Court breaketh up. 
The Judge^ariseth, the Justices and Gen- 
tlemen attended him ; the Sheriff with the 
Under Sheriff and his servants go before 
with the sounding of a trumpet, and so do 
conduct him to his house, and there do 
leave him with rest and peace. 



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